On June 23, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ordered JUUL Labs Inc. to stop selling its e-cigarettes and vaping products in the United States. According to the FDA website: “…the (FDA) issued marketing denial orders (MDOs) to JUUL Labs Inc. for all of their...
In a motion filed on January 4, Altria and Juul asked the judge presiding over the federal multidistrict litigation to throw out racketeering and warranty claims brought against them by plaintiffs who claim the companies’ product design and deceptive advertising...
In an order issued on Friday, October 23, Judge Orrick denied plaintiffs’ claims on racketeering charges against Juul and Altria for their lack of specific proof to sustain those charges. Plaintiffs, however, have the option of modifying their filings to make them a...
The Washington state attorney general has filed a lawsuit in King County Superior Court against Juul Inc., alleging that the company knowingly targeted minors in its marketing campaign on social media in an effort to push its products on young consumers. In the suit,...
The FDA announced on Tuesday, August 18th, that it is beginning the review of the application submitted by JUUL Labs on an electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) product. JUUL Labs submitted the application in order to receive approval to continue selling its...
The FDA has issued warning letters to a number of e-cigarettes companies, demanding they remove from the market their flavored disposable e-cigarettes and other e-liquid products that appeal to children because of their failure to comply with the pre-market...
On June 29, 2020, the defendants Juul Labs, Inc. and Altria Group, Inc. filed motions to dismiss the class action complaint filed in the federal multi-district litigation against three non-management director defendants, arguing the plaintiffs failed to prove that the...
On February 19, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ann Jones, who has been selected to preside over the consolidated California state court lawsuits against JUUL Labs, appointed a number of attorneys to lead the litigation against the San Francisco-based manufacturer. ...
On January 2nd, the Trump administration announced a plan to ban several e-cigarette pods flavors with the exemption of menthol and tobacco flavors and other devices for flavored liquid nicotine. The intention of this partial ban is to take off the market the key...
On December 20th, Judge Orrick, appointed plaintiff leadership for the JUUL MDL pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Appointed as Co-Lead Counsel were Sarah London (Lieff Cabraser), Dean Kawamoto (Keller Rohrback), Ellen...
