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Former Los Angeles City Councilman Mitchell Englander agreed Friday to plead guilty to a federal felony in a case in which he was accused of obstructing a probe into whether he accepted cash, escort services and other bribes from a land developer… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A CBD brand has lost its bid to kill a suit claiming it was part of a conspiracy to steal a formula for a hemp-based topical cream, with a Florida federal judge ruling the cream maker’s claims of trade secret theft are strong enough to go forward… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Cannabis companies Harvest Health & Recreation Inc. and Verano Holdings LLC announced on Thursday that the pair have abandoned plans for an $850 million merger announced last year, citing concerns about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A group of would-be marijuana cultivators in California took about $1.2 million in seed money to get a grow operation up and running and ran off with the cash, according to a suit brought in Golden State court by a Hawaii-based investment company… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A former tribal chairman has pled guilty to embezzlement charges in South Dakota federal court as part of a deal aimed at resolving allegations he aided a corruption ring that stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the tribe’s coffers… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 