By Christina Jewett for The New York Times The deal is the latest in the company’s efforts to resolve litigation over its marketing of products that some contend fueled the teenage vaping crisis. Juul Labs announced on Tuesday that it had agreed to settle about 5,000 lawsuits in a Northern California court case for an undisclosed […]
By Emily Field Embattled Juul’s consideration of Chapter 11 reorganization comes as challenges mount for the e-cigarette giant on multiple legal and regulatory fronts. These challenges include a recent $438 million settlement with 30-plus states about targeting teens with ads, U.S. Food and Drug Administration setbacks about marketing its vape products and a bellwether trial to begin next month […]
By Lauren Berg · Law360 — The California federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation alleging Juul Labs Inc. deceptively advertised their vaping products to young people certified on Tuesday four classes of people who bought the electronic-cigarette company’s products. U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick in a 94-page order granted the consumers’ request for class certification of two […]
By Emily Field Law360 (June 23, 2022, 11:12 AM EDT) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday officially said it was ordering e-cigarette giant Juul‘s products off the market, capping off a two-year review process of its tobacco and menthol-flavored vaping products. Previously, the agency had delayed making a decision on the market titan, which has about […]
By Will Feuer Shares of cigarette giant Altria Group Inc. fell more than 7% in morning trading after The Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is preparing to order Juul Labs Inc. to take its e-cigarettes off the U.S. market. In 2018, Altria spent nearly $13 billion taking a 35% […]
Increase in tobacco use among underaged U.S. youth parallels 1990s epidemic, before tobacco control policies were implemented A 2017 surge in e-cigarette sales is associated with the introduction of a high-nicotine e-cigarette manufactured by JUUL. More than 1 million United States youth aged 14 to 17 years old in 2017 became new daily tobacco users […]
Vape pen maker Juul has agreed to settle another state lawsuit alleging that it targeted minors with its marketing. It will pay $22.5 million and undertake measures to prevent underage use and sales to settle a suit filed by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson in September 2020. Juul admits no wrongdoing under the settlement, though it told […]
Topline: A former executive at embattled e-cigarette firm Juul has alleged in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday that the company knew it had sold 1 million contaminated pods to consumers and retailers but did not inform them. Former senior VP of global finance Siddharth Breja claims that he was “inappropriately terminated” after he internally flagged […]