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 […]
Johnson & Johnson on Thursday said it will switch to selling cornstarch-based baby powder, halting global sales of its talcum-based powders that have been the focus of tens of thousands of injury claims alleging the talc causes ovarian cancer and mesothelioma. J&J in 2020 halted sales of talc-based products in the U.S. and Canada, citing a decline in […]
A biostatistician told Florida jurors Monday that radioactive waste from a former Pratt & Whitney rocket and aerospace testing site had contaminated a nearby Palm Beach County neighborhood and caused a cancer cluster in the area. In a federal court in West Palm Beach, Dr. Francesca Dominici, a biostatistician at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public […]
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 Bonnie Eslinger · Law360 — A lawyer for San Francisco has told a California federal judge overseeing a bellwether bench trial in multidistrict opioid litigation that Anda, Allergan, Teva and Walgreens promoted and distributed the powerful painkillers in ways that created a public nuisance that endangered the health and safety of the city’s residents. Thursday’s proceedings — a discussion […]
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% […]
J&J subsidiary prefers to estimate value of talc claims in bankruptcy court Bankruptcy judge said he’s talked with other courts about re-opening cases Judge also approved hiring appellate attorney at “groundbreaking” $2,465 hourly rate (Reuters- By Dietrich Knauth) – A U.S. bankruptcy judge said Tuesday that he may allow some lawsuits that accuse Johnson & Johnson […]
(Reuters) – The United States is objecting to a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary’s bid to add Hogan Lovells partner Neal Katyal to its legal team in a high-stakes bankruptcy case, citing his hourly rate of $2,465 — a possible new legal industry high. Johnson & Johnson is using the proceedings to try to resolve claims […]
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 […]