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Judge orders buyer of South Broadway pot shop to pay $2.2M
The buyer of a dispensary along South Broadway’s cannabis-centric Green Mile stretch has been ordered to pay $2.2 million to the seller, whom it keeps accusing of fraud.
Colorado settles with two drug companies for $49 million in antitrust lawsuits
Colorado will settle antitrust claims against two pharmaceutical companies for nearly $50 million as part of ongoing lawsuits that allege some of the country’s largest generic prescription drug producers conspired to raise prices and reduce competition. Attorney General Phil Weiser announced the $10 million settlement with Heritage Pharmaceuticals and $39.1 million settlement with Apotex on […]
Kroger-Albertsons merger could lead to sale of 91 stores across Colorado
Related Articles Kroger and Albertsons would unload 91 grocery stores in Colorado if the companies prevail over lawsuits and regulators’ opposition to a merger of the two large supermarket chains. The stores on the list of ones that would be sold to C&S Wholesale Grocers are spread across the state, ranging from Alamosa and Cortez […]
Colorado jury’s pot verdict may discourage similar property value lawsuits against cannabis companies
A Colorado jury likely threw cold water on future legal challenges against cannabis companies by homeowners who consider filing racketeering lawsuits alleging proximity to pot operations hurts their property values, analysts and industry lawyers said Thursday.
Lawsuit over pot, property values could have broad impacts
A federal trial in Colorado could have far-reaching effects on the United States’ budding marijuana industry if a jury sides with a couple who say having a cannabis business as a neighbor hurts their property’s value.
Trump’s personal attorney loaned $26 million to taxi mogul in weed biz, according to documents
President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, whose business dealings are being investigated by the FBI, and the lawyer’s father-in-law have lent $26 million in recent years to a taxi mogul who is shifting into the legalized marijuana industry, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
Lawsuit challenging Sessions and DEA on marijuana’s Schedule I status dismissed by federal judge
The plaintiffs, including an Iraq War veteran, a child with a seizure disorder and an ex-NFL player, claimed that the CSA’s classification of cannabis as a Schedule I substance is so “irrational” that it violates the U.S. Constitution.
Federal appeals court gives Colorado marijuana credit union another chance
A federal appeals court has breathed life into a plan hatched in Colorado to open a credit union for the marijuana industry. A three-judge panel for the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday vacated a district court ruling that nixed Denver-based Fourth Corner Credit Union’s bid to receive a master account with the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.