Cannabis news that matters to your business

Last week, the California State Assembly’s Business and Professions Committee unanimously cleared a bill that would require intoxicating, hemp-derived products to be regulated much like licensed cannabis and sold in dispensaries. The 18-0 vote indicates lawmaker interest in addressing an...

Eaze drivers stepped up their rhetoric about poor pay and treatment, as their threat of a 4/20 strike looms.At an event in Los Angeles Wednesday, Eaze workers with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) spoke about struggling to...

A new report this week from Whitney Economics estimated that cannabis businesses nationwide owe a combined $3.8B in unpaid accounts receivable, with the amount expected to jump 10% this year. But is government enforcement the answer?This week the California State...

More than 500 Eaze workers overwhelmingly authorized their union to call for a strike, setting up a standoff at California’s largest delivery company ahead of the 420 rush. Workers said they hoped the company would return to the bargaining table, but...

The owners of ambitious California brand Gelato withdrew their lawsuit challenging California’s union-friendly cannabis labor law. The move follows an intervention by the Teamsters Union in the case.California requires cannabis companies with more than 20 employees enter a labor peace...

Glass House Brands “implored” a California judge to reconsider a ruling on what it needs to share with rival Catalyst in a lawsuit between two of California’s most prominent operators.Glass House argues that the current ruling, issued in February, would...

A labor dispute between a Los Angeles dispensary and a former exec ensnared a prominent USC professor this month when a judge ordered him to turn over communications between himself and the exec, his sister.A California judge ruled that David...

A recent legal win for retailer Catalyst Cannabis could bring some relief to California cannabis businesses saddled with local payments created under the auspices of local "development agreements" (DAs)Last month a judge in Stanislaus County (Modesto) granted Catalyst a preliminary...

Hundreds of workers with delivery app Eaze are threatening to strike ahead of the 4/20 rush. Tensions are also rising between United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) organized workers and Catalyst, another of California’s largest retailers.The news comes as many...

If there's one thing owners and aspiring owners of cannabis businesses are used to, it's uncertainty. Just when it seems like lawmakers might finally clarify one thing, they make other things muddier. 2024 is shaping up to be another year...