January 14, 2022
A California federal court sent a pair of e-cigarette buyers to arbitration on Friday, making them the second set of potential class representatives forced to settle antitrust claims against Juul and former competitor Altria out of court.
December 15, 2021
A California federal judge offered a mixed bag in oral arguments Wednesday for consumers trying to avoid arbitration for antitrust claims against e-cigarette maker Juul and former rival Altria, saying he's likely to impose arbitration on recent online customers who agreed to the terms on Juul's website, but not those who agreed to earlier versions.
August 20, 2021
Attorneys pursuing consolidated antitrust proposed class actions against e-cigarette maker Juul and former rival Altria will have to find new direct purchasers after the consumers who bought from the companies directly were forced into arbitration in a California federal court ruling Thursday that otherwise largely kept the allegations intact.
July 09, 2020
Hausfeld, Berman Tabacco and the Joseph Saveri Law Firm have filed competing bids requesting a California federal judge name them lead counsel for a group of consumers who accuse e-cigarette maker Juul and former rival Altria of violating antitrust laws by conspiring to reduce the variety of products on the market.
May 07, 2020
Eight lawsuits accusing Juul Labs of striking an anti-competitive deal that saw a rival wind down its e-cigarette business in exchange for an ownership stake in the vaping giant were related to each other Thursday by a California federal judge.
April 21, 2020
Juul Labs Inc. is pushing to keep a set of antitrust lawsuits challenging Altria Group Inc.'s $12.8 billion deal to buy a stake in the e-cigarette startup out of multidistrict litigation over allegations that Juul deceptively marketed its products, saying the antitrust suits should just be grouped with themselves.
April 16, 2020
A Juul Labs Inc. customer challenging Altria Group Inc.'s deal to buy a $12.8 billion stake in the e-cigarette startup asked a California federal court to merge his proposed antitrust class action with multidistrict litigation over Juul's marketing and sale of e-cigarettes to teens, saying both cases likely involved some overlapping discovery from defendants.
April 07, 2020
A $12.8 billion deal between Juul and Altria "eliminated a potential competitor" for Juul and allowed it to gouge direct purchasers with artificially inflated prices, a Juul customer said in a proposed antitrust class action complaint filed against the companies in California federal court Tuesday.