🍪 Cookies Just Won $22.7 Million—But What Does That Mean for NM Stores?
🍪 Cookies Just Won $22.7 Million—But What Does That Mean for NM Stores? Big news in the cannabis world: Cookies (yeah, that Cookies) just walked away from a legal battle with a $22.7 million win. It's one of the biggest cannabis lawsuits we've seen in a minute, and people are buzzing. But if you're here in New Mexico and wondering what this means for our Cookies stores, here's the bottom line: they’re not part of it. Let’s break it down. 💼 So... What Was the Lawsuit About? Cookies took one of its former business partners— Cookies Retail Enterprises (CRE) —to arbitration. These were the folks who were supposed to open Cookies-branded stores across multiple states, pay royalties, and use the branding properly. According to the arbitrator, CRE stopped holding up their end of the deal. No royalties, unauthorized fundraising using the Cookies name, and branding being used in ways that weren’t approved. Cookies said enough is enough—and they won. In June 2025, an ar...