Prominent marijuana multistate operator Curaleaf Holdings sued New Jersey cannabis regulators earlier this month seeking to overturn labor-friendly licensing requirements as well as punishment the company claims is “the commercial equivalent of the death penalty.”
In a complaint filed Oct. 9 in United States Court in New Jersey against the state Cannabis Regulatory Commission, attorneys for Stamford, Connecticut-based Curaleaf allege that state law requiring cannabis businesses to obtain labor peace agreements (LPAs) violate federal law.
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Mandated in several pro-union states, including California and New York as well as New Jersey, an LPA is a pact in which a business agrees to remain neutral during organizing activities. In return, the union agrees to forego strikes and boycotts.
Neither the New Jersey CRC nor
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