Last week, federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York unsealed two indictments against an NBA head coach, an NBA star, gambling insiders, and individuals allegedly involved in organized crime. The indictments allege two distinct “cheating scandals” involving sports betting and high-stakes poker games. One of the indictments alleges an insider sports-betting scheme in [&…
Last week, our firm obtained a dismissal of felony marijuana and gambling charges that were brought against the owner of a smoke shop, his wife, and his employees in Lee County, Georgia. This case is just the latest in a long line of cases in which law enforcement officials have falsely charged a hemp business […]
DEA Targets Smoke Shops Selling THC and Hemp Products in “Operation Vape Trail” Business owners selling THC vapes, kratom, and other smoke shop products are increasingly being targeted for arrest and civil asset seizures by federal law enforcement agencies. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), for example, recently put out a press release announcing that it […]
Hemp Update: Department of Agriculture rules that retail shops can sell Hemp “Pre-Rolls” Our firm recently submitted a request for a declaratory ruling from the Georgia Department of Agriculture requesting their position on different issues arising under Georgia’s new hemp laws, including whether hemp cigarettes (“pre-rolls”) are legal to sell in Georgia. Specifically, we ask…
This week, our firm filed an unprecedented lawsuit under the Georgia RICO Act against a large wholesaler of smoke shop products in the metro Atlanta area after the wholesaler’s “hemp” products caused our client’s retail store to get raided, his assets seized, and his employee arrested. Our firm brought the lawsuit as a counterclaim by […]