June 19, 2020
A group of cigar associations snared in a battle over e-cigarette regulations asked the full Fourth Circuit to let them intervene in the case, saying the U.S. Food and Drug Administration hung them out to dry by acquiescing to an accelerated tobacco product approval timeline.
May 04, 2020
The Fourth Circuit on Monday dismissed an appeal from various vaping groups challenging a compliance deadline for e-cigarettes, saying January directives from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have rendered the appeal moot.
March 31, 2020
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has sought court approval to extend an approaching deadline for e-cigarette regulatory applications, saying the novel coronavirus pandemic has ground clinical testing to a halt and crippled vaping supply chains.
February 28, 2020
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration traded briefs with e-cigarette makers in their Fourth Circuit challenge to the agency's May cutoff to apply for new tobacco products, with the FDA saying the case is mooted by new guidance and vape groups claiming it replaced one arbitrary rule with another.