Page 10 - Jonathan Capriel News Today

Senate Democrats on Thursday introduced a cannabis legalization bill that would remove it from the list of drugs in the Controlled Substances Act and impose a regulatory scheme not unlike what is in place for alcohol and tobacco, according to a statement.

Two Native American tribes in Minnesota are suing the Environmental Protection Agency, saying it allowed the state to adopt a less strict water quality standard that could harm their reservations' wildlife and crops, and are asking a federal judge to reverse the agency's decision.

A Rastafarian church's First Amendment lawsuit against the city of Madison, Wisconsin, and its officials over a police drug raid must wait, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, saying the state criminal case accusing its minister of growing and selling cannabis must be adjudicated first.

A New York federal judge has ordered a real estate investment firm seeking to collect more than $1 million in back rent from marijuana company MedMen to show how the court has jurisdiction over the defendant by the end of the month or face dismissal of the claims.

A farming operation accused of bilking a Colorado-based hemp seed distributor out of more than $300,000 has escaped liability for now, a federal judge ruled, finding that the seed producer failed to identify the "citizenship" of the farm company's owners.

A Kansas cannabinoid seller who lost $120,000 during a local police raid doesn't have the right to sue the state's attorney general or governor in federal court over the seizure, the AG told a district court judge, adding that the state's criminal statute needs to be hashed out in Kansas court first.

A Kentucky state appeals court rejected a couple's bid to overcome the state law which provides immunity to businesses and health care providers for COVID-19 related personal injury lawsuits, saying the statute properly shields assisted-living service companies with qualified immunity.

A Kansas cannabinoid seller who lost $120,000 during a local police raid doesn't have the right to sue the state's attorney general or governor in federal court over the seizure, the AG told a district court judge, adding that the state's criminal statute needs to be hashed out in Kansas court first.

New York state cannabis regulators on Thursday named 52 companies that received cease-and-desist letters warning of fines, criminal penalties and permanent bans on ever receiving a state license to sell if they do not stop selling marijuana under the guise of "gifting" or "bartering."

A former high school football player is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to revive his civil rights lawsuit against a Texas school district over multiple concussions he suffered during practices, in a bid to overturn the Fifth Circuit's rejection of the "state-created danger" doctrine.