JUUL Facing New Racketeering Claims

A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled to uphold racketeering claims waged against JUUL Labs, inc. and its major shareholder, Altria Group, Inc. Lawsuits filed against JUUL Labs accuses the e-cigarette maker of deliberately targeting teenagers in the marketing of its products. Most of the claims were made by consumers, school districts and local governments and founders and directors within JUUL have become the new focus of the litigation, as reported recently by Bloomberg.

Originally, the claims against JUUL were dismissed in October 2020 but…

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