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Ganjapreneur Minnesota is set to expunge more than 60,000 misdemeanor cannabis-related criminal records by May, which is ahead of the initial August timeline, the Star-Tribune reports, citing data from the state Bureau of Criminal Records. The expungements are required under the state’s adult-use cannabis law passed last year and the Minnesota Judicial Branch has until May 13

Yahoo News A cannabis chain retailer, which has multiple storefronts in the Greater Toronto Area, has been fined $200,000 by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO). The AGCO found Cannabis Xpress violated Ontario’s regulatory standards related to provincial anti-inducement laws, which are meant to promote fairness in the industry. “Provincial law and AGCO standards include

Here’s the Jurist’s take if you are interested ? New York Supreme Court Judge Kevin Bryant invalidated Thursday the state’s laws regulating the marketing of recreational cannabis, clarifying a ruling that appeared to strike down all cannabis regulations as unconstitutionally vague. Judge Bryant criticized the regulatory process and chastised the New York State Office of Cannabis Management

A convicted Beverly Hills con artist with a long history of swindles pleaded guilty to another one Friday, admitting that he duped investors out of more than $18 million by concocting a sham cannabis empire while completing a sentence in a prior criminal case. Mark Roy Anderson, 69, pleaded guilty to two counts of wire

The country’s Special State Prosecutor’s Office said that officers from the Special Police Department “have detained D.D., a lawyer from Budva, on suspicion of committing the criminal offense of forming a criminal organization and multiple counts of money laundering.” While the Prosecutor’s Office refrained from providing further details about the case, Montenegrin media outlets identified the man

A cannabis grower has been jailed for more than seven years for stabbing an associate over a money dispute and leaving him to bleed to death. Thang Minh Ho, 55, argued he was acting self defence when he stabbed Cuong Van Le in the thigh on the morning of April 28, 2021. But a Victorian

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9th Circuit just allowed RAW to invalidate Raw Garden’s trademark applications on the grounds that Raw Garden has no intent to use the marks in commerce, which according to the opinion, Raw Garden does not dispute – because it can’t. Source ( Linked In) 1712057786151

Better Made Snack Foods is suing cannabis operators over the “Better Smoke” product, alleging trademark infringement. The logo for “Better Smoke” is on the left, and the Better Made logo is on the right. Read full story (paywall) https://www.crainsdetroit.com/cannabis/better-made-sues-michigan-cannabis-companies-over-trademark

Law & Crime An 18-year-old man in Texas is accused of being under the influence of THC when he allegedly drove into oncoming traffic on a highway, plowing his pickup truck into a minivan, killing six of the seven passengers, all of whom were family members, one day after Christmas. Luke Garrett Resecker appeared before Johnson County