COLUMBUS, Ohio (WKRC) – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has sued multiple multi-state cannabis operators which allegedly schemed to keep prices high and harm small, Ohio-based cannabis businesses.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has filed an antitrust lawsuit accusing nine multistate cannabis operators of working together to limit competition in Ohio’s cannabis market, reducing product choice and keeping prices artificially high while harming smaller, Ohio-based cannabis businesses.
The lawsuit stems from an October 2024 tip submitted to Yost’s office by an Ohio cannabis industry employee. The tip alleged widespread “shelf-space allotments” among large, vertically integrated cannabis companies operating in Ohio and nationwide…