January 05, 2021
Altria and Juul on Monday asked a California federal judge to toss racketeering claims and warranty claims respectively against them in the large multidistrict litigation accusing the companies of fueling a youth vaping epidemic.
October 26, 2020
Consumers and government entities accusing Juul and Altria of unleashing a youth vaping epidemic cleared a hurdle in sprawling multidistrict litigation against the companies when a California federal judge found that their public nuisance and negligence claims pass legal muster.
September 21, 2020
Juul Labs and Altria Group urged a California federal judge during a hearing Monday to vaporize Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and public nuisance claims in federal multidistrict litigation over the youth vaping epidemic, arguing consumers and school districts insufficiently pled the companies collaborated to defraud the public.
June 30, 2020
Consumers in the federal multidistrict litigation over vaping told a California judge on Monday that federal law does not broadly bar their claims that Juul Labs Inc. and Altria Group Inc. hid the dangers of e-cigarettes in their marketing, saying that was not what Congress intended.
June 24, 2020
Juul Labs Inc. and Altria Group Inc. are asking the California federal court overseeing multidistrict litigation over vaping to throw out claims from seven government entities, saying they have failed to link their public nuisance claims to anything the companies have done.
April 21, 2020
Juul Labs Inc. is pushing to keep a set of antitrust lawsuits challenging Altria Group Inc.'s $12.8 billion deal to buy a stake in the e-cigarette startup out of multidistrict litigation over allegations that Juul deceptively marketed its products, saying the antitrust suits should just be grouped with themselves.
April 16, 2020
A Juul Labs Inc. customer challenging Altria Group Inc.'s deal to buy a $12.8 billion stake in the e-cigarette startup asked a California federal court to merge his proposed antitrust class action with multidistrict litigation over Juul's marketing and sale of e-cigarettes to teens, saying both cases likely involved some overlapping discovery from defendants.
March 11, 2020
Plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation over Juul Labs Inc.'s marketing and sale of e-cigarettes filed two consolidated complaints on Wednesday, detailing in more than 950 pages allegations that the company hid the risks of addiction from using the devices, while aggressively marketing them to underage teenagers.
February 14, 2020
A litigation firestorm surrounding e-cigarette colossus Juul Labs is threatening to engulf many other players in the multibillion-dollar vaping market and appears poised to test innovative theories in product liability law. Here, Law360 explains the key cases and issues that attorneys should watch.
January 31, 2020
The top attorneys facing off against troubled e-cigarette maker Juul over allegations that it marketed its products to teens and minimized the risks of nicotine addiction include a former marine biologist and an ex-public defender.