On December 18, 2023, the day New York’s cannabis regulators wrapped up their initial cannabis licensing application period, the state was hit with yet another lawsuit seeking to halt the licensing of adult-use retail...more
A New York judge approved settling a lawsuit filed by a group of service-disabled veterans, granting the group a provisional license and paving the way for more than 400 provisional licensees to open marijuana dispensaries....more
A state Supreme Court Justice issued a stern ruling Aug. 18 criticizing the state’s legal cannabis program and stopping it from issuing new retail licenses. State Supreme Court Justice Kevin R. Bryant ruled a veterans...more
A group of four military veterans filed a lawsuit two weeks ago in New York State Supreme Court against the New York’s Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”), claiming that the agency’s rules that prioritize applicants with...more
Delays in rolling out New York retail cannabis dispensary licenses prompted one legislator to introduce a bill to allow the state’s struggling cannabis cultivators to sell directly to consumers. The Cannabis Crop Rescue...more
A New York-based coalition has accused the state’s Office of Cannabis Management and Cannabis Control Board of “unconstitutional overreach” in its management of the state’s legalized cannabis effort and asked a judge to...more
On April 14, 2022, the Cannabis Control Board approved 52 adult-use conditional cultivation licenses, which means the approved businesses can start growing cannabis for the upcoming adult-use market. Licensees can start...more
On February 22, 2022, Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill into law that will award conditional adult-use licenses to qualifying cultivators and processors who were licensed under New York’s Cannabinoid Hemp Program prior to...more
The State of New York is expanding its cannabis program to include its adult-use, and Mississippi recently enacted a new law that provides for a medical cannabis program. The State of New York Is Expanding its Cannabis...more
On Thursday, October 21, 2021, New York’s newly formed Cannabis Control Board (CCB) held its second public meeting during which it made additional progress in developing the regulatory landscape contemplated by the Marijuana...more
On March 31, 2021, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA) into law, legalizing adult-use cannabis in the state and establishing a regulatory framework to govern what likely will...more