NY Judge’s Cannabis Ruling Opens Door for More Challenges

A New York judge’s recent ruling that a handful of the state’s adult-use cannabis regulations are “unconstitutionally vague” and infringe on the free-speech rights of cannabis businesses will likely spur more challenges, attorneys said.

New York Supreme Court Justice Kevin Bryant has done “the homework for every lawyer out there that has their eye on this space” and has standing to sue, Andrew Schriever, partner at Prince Lobel Tye LLP, said about the decision in Leafly Holdings Inc. v. NYS Office of Cannabis Mgmt.

Such lawsuits will likely be limited to specific sections of the rules, rather than the entire ...