December 20, 2022
Plaintiffs in the sprawling multidistrict litigation over Juul Labs Inc.'s vape marketing practices are asking a California federal court to give the first approval to a $255 million settlement to resolve economic loss claims nationwide.
December 16, 2022
A California federal judge confirmed Friday that an April trial against Juul Labs investor and tobacco giant Altria Group Inc. over e-cigarette marketing is still set to move forward in the wake of Juul's recent settlement of over 5,000 cases in the multidistrict litigation.
December 06, 2022
Counsel representing adolescents, school districts and others suing Juul Labs over its marketing practices informed the California federal judge presiding over upcoming bellwether trials in the multidistrict litigation Tuesday that the electronic cigarette company has cut a deal to end the sprawling litigation, but declined to offer details of the deal.
October 28, 2022
While tracking cases related to their own practice, intellectual property attorneys may not have seen that, elsewhere in law, judges have cracked down on attorneys acting poorly, a new justice heard her first oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court and satirical news site The Onion made a plea to the high court in support of parody. Here, Law360 breaks down why seemingly irrelevant developments are worth your time.
October 24, 2022
A California federal judge presiding over upcoming bellwether trials in multidistrict litigation over electronic cigarette company Juul's marketing on Monday delayed jury selection and expressed his dismay with the parties' contentious evidentiary fights, telling counsel from both sides "you cannot try a case like this."
October 07, 2022
A California federal judge chastised San Francisco's school district for asking to belatedly add two former students as witnesses to an upcoming bellwether trial in multidistrict litigation over youth vaping against Juul Labs Inc., saying Friday that not having students on their list to begin with "just makes no sense."
September 19, 2022
Electronic cigarette company Juul has won dismissal of claims for five plaintiffs who hadn't submitted discovery in multidistrict litigation over its marketing.
September 08, 2022
Juul has asked a Northern District of California court to permanently dismiss certain plaintiffs from multidistrict litgation involving its electronic cigarette marketing for failing to file required documentation.
August 30, 2022
An Oklahoma tribe defended its claim that Juul Labs Inc. violated the Sooner State's consumer protection law by pushing e-cigarette products on Native people through a fraudulent marketing campaign, telling a federal judge that it qualifies for relief under that statute.
August 17, 2022
The parent company of Philip Morris USA Inc. is asking a California federal court to throw out claims from the San Francisco Unified School District that it worked with Juul Labs Inc. to market electronic cigarettes to underage teens, saying now that discovery is complete, there's no evidence that it caused the school any harm.