Cannabis

By Jaqueline McCool

Indiana would allow the sale of adult-use cannabis and impose a cannabis excise tax on gross retail income received on purchases under a bill introduced in the state Senate. 

By Erika Drous and Hillary Mann

A successful legal career is built through intention: understanding expectations, assessing strengths honestly and proactively seeking opportunities to grow and cultivating relationships that support your development, say Erika Drous and Hillary Mann at Morrison Foerster.

By Allison Grande

A Michigan federal judge is standing firm in her decision to allow industry members to proceed with a portion of their challenge to the state's excise tax on wholesale marijuana sales, finding that the state hasn't identified a "palpable error" that would justify disposing of the sole remaining dispute over the law's intent. 

By Sam Reisman

The final weeks of 2025 produced two monumental shifts poised to reshape the cannabis policy landscape in the coming year: Congress' approval of language to redefine lawful hemp nationwide and a presidential executive order directing the administration to loosen federal restrictions on marijuana for the first time in over five decades.

By Sam Reisman

In 2026, courts throughout the U.S. will consider cases weighing Second Amendment rights of cannabis users, a punitive federal tax policy that affects state-legal marijuana businesses, labor peace requirements in the cannabis space, and whether a constitutional doctrine bars states from preferencing their residents in doling out marijuana licenses.

By Hilary Gerzhoy

The legal profession spent 2025 at the edge of its ethical comfort zone as courts, firms and regulators confronted how fast-moving technologies and new business models collide with long-standing professional duties, signaling that the profession is entering a period of sustained disruption that will continue into 2026, says Hilary Gerzhoy at HWG Law.