Cannabis Law Report

• Prince Lobel Files Challenge to New York Cannabis Regulation April 23, 2024
  They’ve sent out a press release saying the following.. On March 29, 2024, Prince Lobel partners Andrew Schriever and David Holland filed a lawsuit in the New York State Supreme Court in Albany County challenging a regulation that requires legal cannabis dispensaries to be certain distances away from each other. The suit alleges that the […]
• Juicy Fields Update: “Juicy Fields Arrests Just The Beginning” Says Lawyer’s Website – Facilitators Also In The Mix April 22, 2024
  Lars has been the man on the case doggedly far the last 3 years now.. This is what he’s saying International arrests in multiple countries of at this point 11 people (that we know of) is just the tip of the iceberg. And we have the inside scoop. Last week, the first arrests in the […]
• Missouri attorney general launches investigation of intoxicating hemp products April 20, 2024
  The Missouri Independent writes Some suspect AG Andrew Bailey intended to target the state’s two largest intoxicating hemp businesses, but went after the wrong company   Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey launched an investigation into four companies Wednesday as part of an effort to crack down on intoxicating hemp products. The problem, according to Bailey, […]
• Advocates fighting to keep medicinal hemp legal in Iowa April 18, 2024
• Alabama: New legal filing seeks to remove Cannabis Commission from licensing process April 17, 2024
  The Alabama Political Reporter In a lengthy new filing, a plaintiff in one of the many lawsuits filed against the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission is asking the court to appoint a special master to determine which applicant companies comply with the statutory regulations of the state’s medical cannabis laws – a move that would essentially […]
• Australia: Cannabis grower’s bid to overturn Peter Rule murder conviction shot down April 17, 2024
  A cannabis grower jailed after killing and dissolving a friend over fears he was a police informant has lost a bid to be freed. Killer Leonard Borg’s effort to overturn the conviction in the Victorian Court of Appeal on Tuesday was shot down for lacking merit. Borg, 40, was jailed in 2012 after a Supreme […]
• Marijuana Moment: Marijuana Companies Ask Federal Court To Set Oral Arguments On DOJ Claim That Cannabis ‘Tourism’ Justifies Prohibition Enforcement April 17, 2024
  Marijuana companies seeking to shield their in-state activities from federal enforcement are asking a judge to schedule oral arguments in order to respond to arguments the Justice Department made in a recent briefing in the case—including its position that cannabis legalization attracts out-of-state tourism, empowering it to uphold prohibition under the Constitution. The marijuana corporations submitted the […]
• UK Barrister jailed for drug offences fails in appeal against sentence April 16, 2024
  Legal Futures (UK) The Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal against the 14-month jail sentence imposed on a barrister who obtained drugs from two men he was representing. It described the fact that a lawyer encouraged criminal clients to supply him with drugs as “a very serious aggravating factor”. Henry Hendron, 42, was sentenced last […]
• ABA Journal – “Cannabis law is complicated—and so is teaching it” April 16, 2024
  Good articel about cannabis law education in the ABA journal- glad to see that it is now being taken seriously “Some students go into it like this will be Coachella for lawyers,” say Benjamin Varadi, an assistant professor at the Vermont Law and Graduate School. “But it’s really a deep dive into constitutional law.” Here’s […]
• India: Wild Cannabis Plants Openly Growing In Chandigarh? Punjab & Haryana High Court Expresses Concern, Seeks UT’s Response April 15, 2024
  Read more (paywall) https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/punjab-and-haryana-high-court/punjab-haryana-high-court-money-laundering-affect-nation-bail-twin-conditions-section-45-pmla-254990?infinitescroll=1    Looking at the Punjab & Haryana High Court  I’m guessing that the architect who designed the place might have been helping themselves to some of that weed! yes .. before i get any smart arse responses to my comment above. As I guessed before googling it is indeed a Le […]
• The Nevada Supreme Courtis weighing arguments in a lawsuit that seeks to remove the Nevada Board of Pharmacy from administrative role in regulating cannabis. April 14, 2024
  The Las Vegas Sun Nevada Supreme Court justices are weighing arguments in a lawsuit that seeks to remove the Nevada Board of Pharmacy from its administrative role in regulating cannabis. The ACLU of Nevada originally filed the case in 2022 on behalf of the Cannabis Equity & Inclusion Community, a nonprofit group that advocates for […]
• Wyoming County Court PA : Owners of store that sells hemp products found not guilty of drug charges jury decides April 13, 2024
  Source AOL The owners of three area stores that sell hemp and cannabidiol, or CBD products, were found not guilty of charges that alleged they were transporting marijuana. Hunter Smetana, 24, and Colby Kluk, 25, both of West Wyoming, were charged in 2020 with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance after a Tunkhannock […]
• Nine Arrested In ‘JuicyFields’ Cannabis Fraud Probe – 400 Police Officers Involved In Multi Jurisdictional Swoop April 13, 2024
  This has been a long time coming .  This is the best place to learn the background ( we have penty of reports here too .. just search Juicy Fields) if this.has affected you – this is the lawyer out of Seden who has been working the case for a number of years now Lars […]
• Heidi Urness McGlinchey Lead Cannabis Partner & Team Members To Receive 2024 Law360 Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing for their article, “Ohio Appellate Decision Tackles Excluded Coverage for Marijuana Use,” April 11, 2024
  Here’s the firm’s press release Congratulations to all concerned Great to see that even Law360 are seeing value in cannabis law writing.. looks like we are actually getting somewhere   McGlinchey’s Charnas, Urness, and Ybarra Honored at Burton Awards April 10, 2024 – – McGlinchey Stafford is pleased to announce Members Douglas Charnas (Washington, DC), Heidi Urness (Seattle), and Lauren Ybarra (Dallas) will receive the […]