March 30, 2020
The federal government has settled a class action over claims it improperly confiscated imported shipments of hemp, which is legal to import and export.
January 02, 2020
A CBD maker has told a California federal court that four former heads of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security should not get to escape a proposed class action over the seizure and destruction of hemp shipments at U.S. ports, saying they misapplied the law and destroyed the company's property.
December 04, 2019
Former heads of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have asked a California federal court to dismiss a pair of claims from a CBD maker's class action over the repeated seizure of hemp shipments at U.S. ports, saying the claims constitute an unjustified extrapolation of rarely recognized "implied damages."
October 21, 2019
U.S. Customs and Border Protection will likely continue to seize lawful hemp shipped from foreign countries, a hemp importer said in a brief filed Monday in California federal court, giving renewed urgency to its proposed class action seeking an injunction against federal authorities.
January 01, 2019
As more states legalize recreational and medical cannabis, more litigation has popped up around the industry. From what is likely the country’s first cannabis patent suit to a wave of civil claims filed by people living near growers and distributors, courts are being asked to decide a variety of disputes that touch on the clash between federal and state laws governing cannabis. Here are several cases in the cannabis world that Law360 is watching in 2019.