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Cannabis Law360 provides breaking news and analysis of emerging and evolving legal issues surrounding cannabis. Coverage ranges from regulatory and policy concerns facing the industry to the business of lawyers who counsel cannabis companies. Among the practice areas covered are intellectual property, mergers & acquisitions and employment.
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Latest News in Cannabis
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March 11, 2025
Full Fed. Circ. Won't Rehear $95M Altria Patent Suit Win
The Federal Circuit won't hold an en banc review of a $95 million judgment against R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co. that ended a suit from Altria Client Services LLC alleging that R.J. Reynolds infringed three of its patents.
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March 10, 2025
Ayahuasca Church Says DEA Violated Religious Use Contract
A New Mexico-based church whose practice involves a controlled substance has brought a federal lawsuit against the Drug Enforcement Administration, alleging the agency sat on the group's application to export the sacrament to sister churches for close to seven years.
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March 10, 2025
Iowa Opposes Vapers' Bid To Block E-Cig Regulation
The state of Iowa on Monday urged a federal court to deny a motion from a group of vape interests seeking to block enforcement of a newly enacted law prohibiting the sale of e-cigarette products that lack federal authorization.
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March 10, 2025
Pot Shop Receiver Says Brand Licensor Diverted Product
A receiver overseeing the possible sale or liquidation of a Massachusetts cannabis retailer asked a judge to order the return of more than 900 packages of product taken from its cultivation facility days before the receivership began.
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March 10, 2025
CBD Co. Launches More Patent Suits Over Topical Cream
CBD company Metronome LLC has filed another pair of suits in Delaware federal court alleging competitors are infringing its patent with a topical pain relief cream that uses cannabis-derived ingredients.

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- AGENCIES
- U.S. Food & Drug Administration
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- Drug Enforcement Agency
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
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- POLICY & REGULATION
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- STATES Act
- Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement, or MORE, Act
- Section 280E of the Internal Revenue Code
- Rohrabacher–Farr amendment
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