{"id":238,"date":"2026-02-13T17:42:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T21:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/antitrustlaw\/?p=238"},"modified":"2026-02-13T17:42:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T21:42:29","slug":"major-multistate-cannabis-operators-face-first-of-their-kind-antitrust-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/antitrustlaw\/2026\/02\/13\/major-multistate-cannabis-operators-face-first-of-their-kind-antitrust-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Multistate Cannabis Operators Face First-of-Their-Kind Antitrust Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/seanpmcconnell.html\">Sean P. McConnell<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/wayneamack.html\">Wayne A. Mack<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/christopherhcasey.html\">Christopher H. Casey<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/paulpjosephson.html\">Paul P. Josephson<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/tracyagallegos.html\">Tracy Gallegos<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/michaeldschwamm.html\">Michael D. Schwamm<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/jameshearon.html\">James Hearon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ohio attorney general recently filed an unprecedented state antitrust enforcement action against nine of the nation\u2019s largest multistate cannabis operators. The complaint alleges these defendants formed illegal cartels through reciprocal supply agreements, competitively sensitive information exchanges and discriminatory distribution practices designed to exclude independent Ohio cannabis operators from the market and artificially inflate consumer prices. The complaint seeks injunctive relief, civil forfeitures of $500 per day per defendant for each day the alleged combinations were in effect, and attorneys\u2019 fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the full&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/alerts\/ohio_attorney_general_files_antitrust_claims_major_multistate_cannabis_operators_0226.html\">Alert<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;on the Duane Morris LLP website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By&nbsp;Sean P. McConnell,&nbsp;Wayne A. Mack,&nbsp;Christopher H. Casey,&nbsp;Paul P. Josephson,&nbsp;Tracy Gallegos,&nbsp;Michael D. Schwamm, and&nbsp;James Hearon The Ohio attorney general recently filed an unprecedented state antitrust enforcement action against nine of the nation\u2019s largest multistate cannabis operators. The complaint alleges these defendants formed illegal cartels through reciprocal supply agreements, competitively sensitive information exchanges and discriminatory distribution practices &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/antitrustlaw\/2026\/02\/13\/major-multistate-cannabis-operators-face-first-of-their-kind-antitrust-claims\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Major Multistate Cannabis Operators Face First-of-Their-Kind Antitrust Claims&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[11,102],"ppma_author":[5],"class_list":["post-238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-antitrust","tag-cannabis"],"authors":[{"term_id":5,"user_id":6,"is_guest":0,"slug":"duanemorris3","display_name":"Duane Morris","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/843ff6e7a8fe5fc92109b47a45f34b6cf0ea499e6e788db23456c838b0ae6747?s=96&d=blank&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/antitrustlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/antitrustlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/antitrustlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/antitrustlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/antitrustlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/antitrustlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/antitrustlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/antitrustlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/antitrustlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/antitrustlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}