November 3rd, 2012 by Troutman Sanders Tobacco Law Team
Several tobacco product manufacturers and a retailer recently requested that the United States Supreme Court consider their challenge to FDA’s requirement for graphic warning labels on...
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October 2nd, 2012 by Troutman Sanders Tobacco Law Team
Star Scientific and R. J. Reynolds have settled their long-running litigation over Star’s patents covering a curing process that prevents the formation of some cancer-causing chemicals in tobacco....
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October 2nd, 2012 by Troutman Sanders Tobacco Law Team
The New Jersey legislature recently introduced a bill that would ban “characterizing flavors” (except tobacco, clove or menthol) in cigars. (The law’s ban on characterizing...
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September 3rd, 2012 by Troutman Sanders Tobacco Law Team
The major tobacco companies are again lobbying for legislation in Texas that would impose special taxes on small cigarette manufacturers that have not settled with the state for tobacco-related...
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September 3rd, 2012 by Troutman Sanders Tobacco Law Team
Troutman Sanders Tobacco Team Co-Leader Bryan Haynes was quoted in a recent article in Law360 regarding the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision rejecting FDA’s graphic warning label...
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August 24th, 2012 by Troutman Sanders Tobacco Law Team
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia today struck down the FDA graphic warning label requirement, which sets up a potential challenge before the US Supreme Court on this subject. ...
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August 23rd, 2012 by Troutman Sanders Tobacco Law Team
Often, the most significant impression a customer has of a company comes from the company’s website. An attractive, well-organized and easy to use website is crucial in today’s “click and...
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