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BOSTON — A hearing that had been scheduled for Friday on the preliminary injunction that Cannabis Control Commission Chairwoman Shannon O'Brien is seeking to stop Treasurer Deborah Goldberg "from continuing
O’Brien filed suit last week in Suffolk Superior Court to get her job and reputation back.
"After being suspended by the State Treasurer without cause and no due process on September 28, 2023, Chair O’Brien then immediately requested a meeting with Treasurer Goldberg and received no reply on that request until yesterday," Howard Cooper, a founding partner with Boston law firm Todd & Weld, said in an emailed statement.
After being suspended, Cannabis Control Commission Chair Shannon O'Brien is alleging Treasurer Deborah Goldberg violated the law.
The lawsuit, filed in Suffolk Superior Court, is the latest sign of upheaval around the agency that oversees the state's legal cannabis sector and lays bare details of internal acrimony.