Cannabis Lab’s Suit Over Rivals’ Inflated Potency Tests Advances

Oct. 22, 2025, 4:34 PM UTC

A cannabis testing lab’s lawsuit claiming its rivals manipulated their testing to show inflated THC levels and fewer contaminants like mold or pesticides can move forward, a Massachusetts judge ruled.

The allegations detailed by cannabis testing company MCR Labs of widespread “cheating on state regulated laboratory tests to increase market share” could potentially constitute an unfair trade practice, Judge Debra Squires-Lee of the Suffolk County Superior Court said in a Tuesday order allowing much of the case to advance.

Eight of MCR’s competitors allegedly boosted the potency results of cannabis samples sent in and manipulated ...

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