Cannabis

By Jonathan Capriel

A Washington state cannabis entrepreneur and his associates must pay every bit of a $2.6 million judgment over claims he siphoned profits from a marijuana dispensary he was contracted to manage, a state appellate court ruled Wednesday, finding no fault with the bench trial and rejecting challenges to the plaintiff's forensic accounting expert.

By James Donnelly, Felicia Ellsworth and Lisa Wood

Since its founding in 2000, the Massachusetts Business Litigation Session's expertise, procedural flexibility and litigant-friendly case management practices have contributed to the development of a robust body of commercial jurisprudence, say James Donnelly at Mirick O’Connell, Felicia Ellsworth at WilmerHale and Lisa Wood at Foley Hoag.

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By Bonnie Eslinger

The Ninth Circuit on Friday backed California in a dispute it brought to enforce cigarette taxes against a tobacco company owned and operated by a federally recognized Native American tribe, holding that the tribal leader defendants can't claim sovereign or qualified immunity exempts them from the federal tax law.

By Jonathan Capriel

After destroying sales records daily over the course of three years, the retailers accused by the Cayuga Nation of running an unauthorized cannabis shop will face sanctions, a New York federal judge ruled, calling their behavior "grossly negligent and likely willful."

By Anna Scott Farrell

A California company that manages cannabis operators challenged $10 million in taxes and penalties in the U.S. Tax Court, arguing the Internal Revenue Service stripped it of business deductions by incorrectly determining it trafficked in a controlled substance.