Imports, Tobacco Regulations

FDA and CBP Seize Nearly $34M Worth of Illegal E-Cigarettes in Joint Operation

Troutman Pepper Locke on 5/30/2025

In the first major enforcement action involving the importation of illegal tobacco products by the new administration, and on the heels of the appointment of the new acting director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...more

FDA Proposes Submission Tracking Number Requirement for ENDS Imports

Troutman Pepper Locke on 9/17/2024

In August, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a new proposed rule that would require importers of electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products to provide an FDA-issued submission tracking number (STN)...more

ENDS Companies Take Legal Action Against Allegedly Noncompliant Competitors

Troutman Pepper Locke on 10/31/2023

Recently, NJOY LLC filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against more than 30 foreign and domestic defendants that manufacture, market, distribute, and sell tobacco products in an...more

New year presents new opportunities in federal budget cycle

Hogan Lovells on 1/7/2020

Congressional appropriations serve as a potent tool to guide administrative actions in commerce and trade Before departing in the final days of 2019, Congress passed a bipartisan spending package amounting to US$1.4...more

Food & Beverage Litigation Update | March 2018

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 3/5/2018

GMA Conference Panels Explore Trends in Class Actions, Organic Production - Litigation, increasing online grocery shopping and consumer concerns regarding product ingredients were hot topics at the 2018 Grocery...more

FDA Begins Reorganization that Will Affect How it Regulates Medical Technology

Hogan Lovells on 6/5/2017

What impact will the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s significant reorganization efforts have on how the agency regulates medical technology? The agency is reorganizing the Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) and combining...more

Pacific Rim Countries Reach Historic Agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, But Will Congress Approve It?

Foley & Lardner LLP on 10/9/2015

Trade ministers from 12 Pacific Rim countries announced, on October 5, 2015, that they had reached an agreement in principle on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP would arguably be the largest free trade agreement...more

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