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An applicant for an Arkansas medical marijuana dispensary license has sued a consulting firm hired by state regulators to score applications, saying the firm worked to steer licenses to certain companies while failing to disclose various conflicts of interest.
A Little Rock Black-owned business that sued the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission also has a case alleging racial discrimination against the firm that scored the applications for medical marijuana dispensary licenses.
A medical-marijuana licensing lawsuit that is blocking Arkansas authorities from certifying new dispensaries should be dismissed because the courts don't have the authority to second-guess the regulating process, and the plaintiff, a Black-owned company passed over for a seller's license, has waited too long to sue, state lawyers assert, among other arguments, in the latest court filings.
A medical-marijuana licensing lawsuit that is blocking Arkansas authorities from certifying new dispensaries should be dismissed because the courts don't have the authority to second-guess the regulating process, and the plaintiff, a Black-owned company passed over for a seller's license, has waited too long to sue, state lawyers assert, among other arguments, in the latest court filings.
A circuit court judge has temporarily blocked the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission from issuing more dispensary licenses until a lawsuit alleging racial bias in the panel's selection process is heard.