Tort Regulation
Federal decide dismisses defamation swimsuit filed by attorney-owned marijuana firm
Chicago civil rights lawyer Jon Loevy is concerned in a authorized dispute with a lender over points associated to his hashish dispensary enterprise. (Photograph by Matt Marton/ABA Journal)
A Chicago civil rights regulation agency that owns marijuana dispensaries has misplaced the newest spherical in an ongoing dispute with its lenders after a decide dismissed the agency’s defamation lawsuit in opposition to the lenders.
U.S. District Decide Jeremy Daniel of the Northern District of Illinois dismissed for lack of jurisdiction the defamation swimsuit introduced by attorneys from Loevy & Loevy in opposition to Superior Flower Capital, or AFC, and its officers, Law.com reports.
Founding agency companion Jon Loevy and companion Michael Kanovitz are co-founders of Justice Hashish, an organization working medicinal and leisure dispensaries headquartered in Illinois. They’ve filed a number of fits in opposition to Florida-based publicly traded lender Superior Flower Capital and its officers after the entities entered mortgage agreements in 2024, based on Regulation.com. Superior Flower Capital has additionally fought again with litigation.
Loevy & Loevy sued for defamation after Superior Flower Capital spokespeople made feedback in April 2025, alleging that Loevy and Kanovitz dedicated legal violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, fraud and stole $50 million from Superior Flower Capital, based on an opinion filed Tuesday within the Northern District of Illinois.
The legal professionals preserve their innocence and declare that Superior Flower Capital’s accusations, together with statements printed in Law360, had been merely retaliatory responses after they knowledgeable the lending firm of their plans to file additional litigation.
Loevy and his enterprise ventures had been featured in a story in the December 2022-January 2023 issue of the ABA Journal.
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