Chicago Zoning and Special Use Permits: Tucker Ellis Secures MariGrow Cannabis Dispensary Win Through Appeal
Chicago zoning fights rarely end with a single hearing. Our recent win for Marigrow...
Category: Cannabis
Can a City Take Cannabis Revenue and Still Ban Cannabis Billboards? The First Amendment Just Said No.
Can a city take cannabis revenue and still ban cannabis billboards? A federal court just reminded Perris that the First Amendment doesn’t disappear when cannabis enters the picture. A strong, sensible commercial-speech ruling—and a roadmap for challenging overreaching cannabis advertising laws nationwide.
New Federal Hemp Rules and the 0.4 mg THC Cap: Bad News for Hemp Drinks
Congress just slipped a near-total federal hemp rewrite into the shutdown bill. If you...
Second Circuit Brings State-Tied Restorative Justice Licensing Under Constitutional Scrutiny
New York’s attempt to bake “home field advantage” into its cannabis licensing process just...
Massachusetts cannabis home delivery language is a model for other states.
On Monday the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission voted to approve language finally rolling out...
States’ measures to favor in-state residents in cannabis licensing are the new Commerce Clause battleground.
Back in May of this year the Commerce Clause provided a substantial victory for...
Suit over Illinois’s award of new dispensary licenses looks for re-scoring and to stop lottery from proceeding – hearing set for tomorrow.
With Illinois’s limited cannabis dispensary licensing system the stakes are large for applicants that...
Illinois posts list of tied cannabis dispensary applicants that will proceed to lottery for new dispensary licenses
Illinois’s Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has posted the list of tied applicants...
California AG files forceful response in fight against DEA over subpoena for cannabis licensees’ confidential information from state marijuana regulators.
This fight has the industry on the edge of its chair. It involves the...
Heaven Hill Distilleries seizure of heavenhlll.com good lesson on how to protect your craft spirits, craft beer, cannabis and wine brand from typosquatting or cybersquatting
Heaven Hill Distilleries recent win against a typosquatter holding heavenhlll.com provides a textbook example...
State of Illinois Announces Suspension of Deadline for Issuance of Adult-Use Cannabis Craft Grower, Infuser, and Transporter Licenses
Here is the link to the PDF announcement from the Illinois Department of Agriculture....
Court dismisses some claims against Illinois cannabis dispensary licensing authority and allows others to proceed regarding 5 unissued licenses still outstanding under Illinois’s medical cannabis law.
We’d previously written about this case when the complaint was filed challenging the failure...
