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30 April, 2026

DEA Calls for Registration of Medical Marijuana Licensees – Portal is Open Through June 22, 2026

If you have a state-issued license to cultivate, produce, distribute, transport, and/or sell or buy wholesale or retail medical marijuana, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)…

Janet Jackim Director

“Time Does Not Run Against the King” –- Arizona Supreme Court Confirms Government Entity Plaintiffs Are Not Bound by A.R.S. § 12-821’s One-Year Statute of Limitations

In a significant decision for Arizona cities, towns, counties, districts, and other public bodies, the Arizona Supreme Court declared that the one-year statute of limitations in…

Taylor Burgoon Director

29 April, 2026

Blackhawk GHAD Wins Important FEMA Arbitration on Public Assistance Eligibility

Good news for Geologic Hazard Abatement Districts (GHADs)  across California—Blackhawk GHAD has won an important arbitration against FEMA. In a February 24, 2026, decision, the Civilian…

Patricia E. Curtin Director

27 April, 2026

Washington’s Noncompete Law Is Changing Again: What Employers Need to Know

Washington’s legal landscape for noncompetition agreements is changing again. Beginning June 30, 2027, nearly all noncompetition covenants will be void and unenforceable in the state. Washington…

24 April, 2026

Tucson-based Cannabis Dispensaries Earth’s Healing North and South  Sold in a Cash and Stock Sale for $31 Million, Sellers represented by Fennemore 

Tucson, Arizona — [April 27, 2026] —Cannabis dispensaries and cultivators Earth’s Healing, Inc. and Globe Farmacy, Inc. (operating as Earth’s Healing North), were sold for $31…

Cannabis Just Got Rescheduled. Sort Of.

Yesterday, the Department of Justice issued an order that will be described everywhere as federal cannabis “rescheduling”. It is, and it is not. Acting Attorney General…