On Friday, two of the nation’s three largest tobacco companies filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Food and Drug Administration and its commissioner, the Department of Health and Human Services and its secretary, and the director of the federal Center for Tobacco Products.
Significant Cases
PM Buyout Lawsuit
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Last week, Philip Morris filed a federal lawsuit challenging the United States Department of Agriculture’s (“USDA”) calculation of tobacco buyout assessments under the Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004 (“FETRA”) for fiscal years 2011-2014.