HALTED: Federal Court Declares NJ’s Labor Peace Agreement Requirement Preempted by the NLRA

On August 10, 2026, Judge Michael A. Shipp of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey declared that the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) preempts the labor peace agreement (“LPA”) requirement in New Jersey’s Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act (“CREAMMA”). The ruling in Curaleaf Holdings Inc. v. NJ Cannabis...