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12 Days of Regulatory Insights: Day 9 - Trends in the Tobacco Industry — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
2022 Significant Developments in the Tobacco Industry and What to Expect in 2023 (Part One) - Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Given the continued challenges in policing the burgeoning ENDS marketplace, as previously discussed in Part I of this article, in mid-2024 FDA and DOJ announced the establishment of a federal multi-agency task force to combat...more
On Wednesday, September 11, 2019, in response to a number of highly-publicized vaping-related deaths and illnesses, the Trump Administration (the Administration) announced its intention to ban most flavored e-cigarette...more
Last month the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent joint warning letters to four companies that manufacture and advertise flavored liquids used in vaping (“e-liquids”). While...more
Recently, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued joint warning letters to four sellers of e-liquids, the nicotine “juice” used in vaping regarding their use of social media...more
FTC Takes Aim at Two More (Alleged) CRFA Violators - Commission claims real estate contracts tried to mum consumers - And You Thought the Beat Slowed Down? In a story from about a month ago, we wrote that the Federal...more
Antitrust- 10 Attorneys General Sue to Enjoin Merger of Major Wireless Phone Companies- 10 AGs, led by New York AG Letitia James and California AG Xavier Becerra, filed a lawsuit to enjoin T-Mobile US, Inc. and its parent...more
Antitrust- FTC Sues Health Information Company Over Allegedly Monopolizing Electronic Prescription Markets- The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) filed a lawsuit against health information company Surescripts, LLC, over...more
Cannabis / Marijuana- FTC and FDA Issue Warning Letters to Companies Advertising and Selling Cannabidiol Products- The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued warning letters to...more
Charities- Federal Trade Commission and Attorneys General of 50 States, DC, and US Territories Announce Coordinated Crackdown on Allegedly Fraudulent Veterans Charities- The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and AGs...more
The FDA and FTC jointly issued thirteen (13) warning letters to companies involved in the manufacture, distribution and retail of certain e-liquid products to be used in connection with e-cigarettes which feature packaging...more
Senate Working Group Pressing Forward on Telehealth - As Congress focuses on bigger picture policy decisions, including broad budget negotiations and raising the debt ceiling, there are some exciting developments on the...more
Ahead of finalizing FDA’s tobacco products “deeming” rule, the FTC considers taking enforcement action against e-cigarette firms for violative advertising, marketing, and sales practices....more