An attempt to disqualify New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office from representing the state’s cannabis agency in a lawsuit over its licensing scheme for businesses failed when a federal magistrate judge rejected arguments that the state’s lead lawyer has an advantage in the case.
The owners of cannabis companies Variscite NY Four LLC and Variscite NY Five LLC failed to “explain how the trial would be tainted” if Benjamin L. Loefke of the attorney general’s office continues to represent the Cannabis Control Board and Office of Cannabis Management in the case, Magistrate Judge Paul J. Evangelista of the US ...