ARKANSAS, USA — Prominent Arkansans have accused their attorney friends of setting them up as figurehead owners of medical marijuana dispensaries, sticking them with massive tax bills and casting new doubts on the integrity of the state’s cannabis licensing system.
Two lawsuits, filed in St. Francis and Pope counties, feature big names in Arkansas’ legal and business worlds. One attorney in the Little Rock firm Steel Wright Gray is suing his own firm and partners.
The suits prompted some cannabis businesses to call for a state investigation and led the author of the 2016 amendment that legalized medical cannabis to demand audits of all state marijuana companies.
To read more on the cannabis licensing lawsuits, our content partner Arkansas Business has the full article here.