Cannabis Products, Rulemaking Process, Government Agencies

DEA Judge Overseeing Rescheduling Process Retires, Further Casting Doubt on the Likelihood of Any Change in the Near Term

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 7/29/2025

We’ve written before that with rescheduling, with all of the excitement and pomp and circumstance that came with its announcement in the last year of the Biden administration, the whole thing was beginning to look like it may...more

Was Rescheduling a Pipe Dream? DEA Questions Reliability of State-Run Programs and Impact on Transnational Crime

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 5/20/2025

Often wrong, never in doubt. That’s our promise here at Budding Trends. A little over a year ago, we wrote these words: “DEA will reschedule marijuana from Schedule 1 to Schedule III.” We later acknowledged we (may have)...more

Second Court Ruling Reaffirms SAPA Violation in Denying Cannabis Licenses

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 5/16/2025

Following the landmark DNP-Z, Inc. v. New York State Cannabis Control Board decision on April 14, 2025, a second New York Supreme Court case reached the same conclusion. On April 25, 2025, in Rosedale Cannabis Dispensary, LLC...more

NY Supreme Court Strikes Down OCM’s One-License-Per-Majority-Owner Policy

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 5/14/2025

In a significant decision impacting New York’s adult-use cannabis licensing framework, the Albany County Supreme Court ruled on April 14, 2025, in DNP-Z, Inc. v. New York State Cannabis Control Board et al. (Index No....more

Minnesota Finalizes Cannabis Rules and Orders Social Equity Lottery to Proceed

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 5/13/2025

On April 7, 2025, the Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) received final approval from an administrative law judge (ALJ) for its comprehensive adult-use cannabis regulations. The finalized rules, which take effect...more

Minnesota Adopts Final Cannabis Rules

Fox Rothschild LLP on 4/8/2025

Today, Minnesota’s Office of Cannabis Management announced that Minnesota’s final set of adult-use cannabis rules have been approved, will be publish in the State Register, and will go into effect later this month. After the...more