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• Australia: See You In Court. CDA Clinics Qld Denies TGA Allegations About Advertising December 12, 2024
  Cannabiz Australia Full report – paywall CDA Clinics Qld prepares to fight TGA allegations over CBD ordering platform   https://www.fedcourt.gov.au/
• CANNRA Held 4th Annual Member Meeting In San Diego December 12, 2024
  Here’s the update on their annual shindig.. December 10, 2024 – The Cannabis Regulators Association (CANNRA), a non-partisan, non-profit association of government agencies involved in cannabis, cannabinoid, and hemp regulation, held their 4th Annual Member Meeting in San Diego, California from Dec. 2-5. The meeting was restricted to member government agencies and invited governments and included […]
• Obedio provides meetings summary For 17 state cannabis regulatory meetings this week December 10, 2024
  I used an AI generated image from Gencraft for the header image for this upadate  which is a perfect illustration as to why AI has a long way to go. I asked for a generated image of “Regulators Meeting”. I didn’t even bother to write USA because i knew that bias would immediately make it […]
• Cannabis Rescheduling Hearing Will Run Through To March 2025 December 10, 2024
  Cannabis Business Times The rescheduling hearing will begin Jan. 21, 2025, and run through March 6, according to the Prehearing Ruling signed Dec. 4 by Quinn Fox, staff assistant to the Chief Judge, Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ). The ruling (DEA Docket No. 1362, Hearing Docket No. 24-44) also lays out the hearing schedule […]
• Walmart job applicant can’t sue under NJ cannabis bias law December 10, 2024
  Reuters.. A divided U.S. appeals court on Monday said a New Jersey law barring employment discrimination against cannabis users does not allow for private lawsuits, and tossed out a proposed class action against Walmart. The Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 ruling, opens new tab said that because the state law approved by […]
• Article: Judge Grants Treez Favorable Judgement in Cannabis-Related Visa Lawsuit Against Feds December 9, 2024
  A federal judge ruled that the Department of Homeland Security wrongfully denied an amended H-1B visa petition to one of the company’s workers. A Treez software engineer from India who works in the U.S. and provides services to state-legal cannabis businesses was wrongfully denied an H-1B visa, a federal judge ruled on Dec. 3. A California-based company, […]
• Trinidadian-American lawyer Vaughn Mayers opens licensed cannabis dispensary in Brooklyn December 8, 2024
  He’s also the the Chief of Staff at the NY Senate.. nobody (in this article ,at least) thinks there might be a conflict of interest. So i’ll say it first, heading up the NY Senate as cheif of staff and running a weed dispensary is, I humbly suggest, future political dynamite and especially so in […]
• Nebraska: Former state senator plans to appeal judge’s ruling legalization of medical marijuana will stand December 8, 2024
• NY Medical Cannabis Assoc Suing State For $US20 Million Over “Special Licensing Fee” December 6, 2024
  MJ Biz A group representing licensed medical marijuana operators in New York is suing the state over a $20 million “special licensing fee” that the lawsuit calls “punitive and unconstitutional.” The suit is the latest in a string of legal challenges that have contributed to a shaky rollout of New York’s recreational cannabis industry. The lawsuit, filed by the New […]
• California: Fmr city attorney & city manager secretly plead guilty last year in cannabis bribery scheme December 6, 2024
  Header Image Robert Tafoya resigned as legal counsel for the West Valley Water District in Rialto on Thursday, Nov. 10 Orange County Register The U.S. Attorney’s Office has revealed that Baldwin Park’s former city attorney and Commerce’s former city manager secretly pleaded guilty a year ago to charges related to their participation in a cannabis […]
• Lawsuit Over Minnesota’s Marijuana License Lottery Shows How Regulators Grew Suspicious Of One Large Company December 6, 2024
  “This communication stated that an out-of-state cannabis operator had recruited hundreds of persons to apply on its behalf,” the state motion stated. Because the tipster said the business was based in Iowa, OCM looked at applications with Iowa connections and found the pattern, including the use of MNcanna.org in email addresses. “OCM also matched many […]
• Illinois Supreme Court Rules …Smell of Raw Cannabis Enough for Police to Search a Vehicle,. Smell of Burnt Cannabis is Not December 6, 2024
  Smoke it to hide it! A whiff of raw cannabis is enough for a police officer to search a vehicle, the Illinois Supreme Court decided in an opinion filed Thursday, even though marijuana is legal in the state. It’s the opposite of the conclusion justices reached in a September ruling in a case involving the smell of burnt cannabis. The […]
• DEA Hearings.. Tis’ the Season to be Merry….. “jovial judge speaks to participants” Says Green Market Report December 5, 2024
  Judge Mulrooney addressed several questions from pro-cannabis participants concerned about the government’s position. The formal hearing proceedings regarding the proposed rescheduling of cannabis began on Dec. 2 at the headquarters of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. The preliminary hearing was a procedural day for Judge John Mulrooney to address legal and logistical issues and discuss […]
• Sweden: Juicy Fields Lawyer, Lars Olofsson Accused of Financial Fraud For Third Time … Tells Swedish Court He’s Seeking Political Asylum. Authorities Say He Is Officially Listed As ”Missing”. December 5, 2024
  If this is all true this is doubly depressing for those who suffered at the hands of Juicy Fields. ”I think Lars is no better than Juicy Fields. The difference is he’s doing it on a smaller scale. He’s hard to stop; people believe in him, and to many, he’s like a god.” Also, we […]