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Ohio’s attempt to move federally lawful hemp products into its closed marijuana market has now produced three federal preliminary injunctions and an expedited appeal to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. These cases are…
The Netherlands is often seen as a global pioneer in cannabis policy, yet its legal framework for THC-containing cannabis is still one of the most complex and paradoxical in Europe.
What is the dormant commerce clause, and how does it relate to state cannabis programs? What have courts done with DCC cannabis lawsuits to date? What’s different about the JPH case in Oregon? What happened to the first JPH case,…
S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that New York’s adult-use cannabis licensing scheme, which gives “Extra Priority” to applicants (or certain relatives) with New York State marijuana convictions, is…
A federal appellate court has ruled that a New York cannabis licensing rule favoring in-state residents is unconstitutional, because it discriminates against applicants residing out-of-state. We have been tracking this case for…
Recent antitrust litigation in the cannabis and vape sectors signals intensified scrutiny of pricing practices, distribution restraints, and exclusionary conduct.
As everyone reading this article likely knows, the Miller Amendment unexpectedly passed a bloc vote in the US House Committee on Agriculture on Thursday.
Title: Bond-Funded State Cannabis Loan Underwriting Can Increase Competition While Reversing Race Bias Author: Benjamin C. Varadi, Assistant Professor, Vermont Law & Graduate School. Biography & Acknowledgments:
In its reference decision of 15 August 2023 (Ref.: 5 U 93/22), the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court of Hamburg ruled on the issuing of prescriptions for prescription-only medicines…
In the new Students Fair Adm. v. Harvard, 600 U.S. 181 (2023), case handed down last summer, Chief Justice wrote “eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it.” The case overturned affirmative action in college…
[T]he plant Cannabis sativa L. 3 percent on a dry weight basis. I routinely hear arguments from so-called cannabis advocates, including CANNRA (more about that organization below), that Congress never intended for “hemp” to…
Certain states where cannabis (or marijuana) is legal have long been getting away with a practice that has been declared unconstitutional in almost all other contexts: giving their residents preferential treatment over…