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Inside Michigan's Push For State-Owned Cannabis Testing Facility
Friday, March 8, 2024 - 10:54am | 564Cannabis regulators in Michigan are urging state legislators to pass a new bill that would grant the state's Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) the ultimate power to establish and operate a state-run testing facility to ensure compliance within the industry. The CRA has been pushing for this for...
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Michigan Cannabis Regulators Can Do Whatever, But You Can't Sue Them In Supreme Court Because...Well, Pot Is Illegal
Thursday, August 3, 2023 - 2:25pm | 584Remember that huge 2021 marijuana recall in Michigan? The one that resulted in a lawsuit from Viridis Laboratories, which tested the recalled products, against the Michigan Marijuana Regulatory Agency’s (MRA)? Here's an update and it comes in the form of a federal judge...
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Michigan Judge Reverses Media Ban On Drawn-Out Legal Battle Between THC Testing Lab & State Agency
Friday, June 2, 2023 - 11:29am | 478A Michigan judge lifted a months-long media ban on a Michigan legal dispute concerning a historic cannabis recall in 2021, reported MLive. At the center of the legal battle is the state's Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) at its allegations against Viridis Laboratories accusing it...
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Michigan's Largest Marijuana Recall Concealed In Secretive Court Battle: Doesn't The Public Have The Right To Know?
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 - 6:15pm | 505Michigan's record-breaking marijuana recall has now turned into a covert legal dispute, out of sight of the public and media. Cannabis Case Shrouded In Secrecy The case revolves around allegations made by the Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) against Viridis Laboratories, accusing the...
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Overruled: Michigan Regulators Must Stop Recall After Judge Rules In Favor Of Cannabis Testing Lab
Thursday, February 10, 2022 - 3:51pm | 239After Michigan’s regulators issued a broad recall of cannabis products tested by Viridis Laboratories in November, a judge affirmed regulators were wrong although they acted within the scope of the law, reported MJBizDaily. Judge Thomas Cameron ruled that the Michigan Marijuana...
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Judge Turns Down Request To Reinstate Over $229M In Michigan Marijuana After Mold-Alert Recall
Wednesday, December 22, 2021 - 2:56pm | 743The saga of Michigan's moldy marijuana recall continues as the state's Marijuana Regulatory Agency's request to reinstate a recall on contaminated products was denied by The Court of Claims on Monday, Dec. 20, MLive reported. Attorneys for the Michigan regulatory body filed a court...
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Judge Partially Rules In Favor Of Michigan Testing Lab, Limits Cannabis Recall To Half
Tuesday, December 7, 2021 - 12:34pm | 495In November, Michigan regulators issued a recall of marijuana products that had passed safety assessments at testing facilities over the previous several months - a move that impacted products sold at more than 400 stores across the state. The marijuana testing facility at the center of the...
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Massive Cannabis Recall In Michigan Prompts High-Stakes Lawsuit
Monday, December 6, 2021 - 10:48am | 438This article was originally published on Leafreport, and appears here with permission. The largest-ever recall in Michigan’s legal cannabis market affecting every sector in the industry is being challenged in court by the testing lab that authorities blame for the entire mess. Lansing-based...
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Michigan Testing Lab Sues State's Regulators Over $229M Cannabis Recall, Affecting Over Half The State
Wednesday, November 24, 2021 - 1:32pm | 443Just days after Michigan regulators issued a recall of marijuana products, impacting nearly 70% of the state's on-shelf cannabis products sold at more than 400 stores, the marijuana testing facility at the center of the debacle filed a lawsuit against the Marijuana...
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Cannabis Movers & Shakers: Phyto, HERBL, Treez, Fyllo, Auxly, AgraFlora, Viridis
Thursday, May 6, 2021 - 12:58pm | 1083Phyto Extractions Announces Departure Of Interim CEO Phyto Extractions Inc., formerly known as Adastra Labs Holdings Ltd., (CSE: XTRX) (FRA: D2EP), said last Friday it had parted ways with J. Scott Munro, the company’s interim CEO and director. Munro, who said he wanted to pursue “new...