Texas FDA Cigar Lawsuit Moved to D.C.
The Texas-based lawsuit over the FDA’s regulation of premium cigars will not be in Texas any longer. Yesterday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Kimberly Priest Johnson reversed her…
17 Senators Send FDA Letter to Exempt Premium Cigars
A group of 17 bipartisan Senators have sent a letter to Dr. Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), urging him…
Cigar Industry Gets Its Day in Texas Court
In a small courtroom in a non-descript building in the suburbia that is Plano, Texas, the cigar industry made its case once again that the…
Cigar Groups Appeal D.C. Court Ruling, Seek Delay of FDA Warning Labels
Last week, attorneys from three cigar trade groups filed a motion seeking to delay the implementation of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) warning…
FDA Extends Comment Period for Premium Cigar ANPRM to July 25
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the comment period for three Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemakings (ANPRM), including the one regarding whether…
FDA Appeals Court Ruling Denying Transferring of Texas Lawsuit
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is appealing a court decision that denied the agency’s request to combine two lawsuits files over cigar regulations…
33 Congressmen Urge OMB to Delay Warning Label Requirement, ANPRM Deadline to September
Last week, 33 members of the U.S. House of Representatives urged Mick Mulvaney, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to…
J.C. Newman Distributes 100,000 FDA Comment Cards to Retailers
When it comes to making it as easy as possible for cigar retailers and consumers to voice their opinion to the FDA about the regulation…
FDA Loses Motion, Texas Lawsuit Stays in Texas
The Texas-based lawsuit over the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) cigar regulations is staying in Texas. Judge Kimberly C. Priest Johnson, a magistrate judge,…
Premium Cigar Exemption, Predicate Date Change Included in FY 2019 Agriculture Appropriations Bill
Congress will once again take up the issue of whether to reverse or modify regulations from premium cigars, though this time the strategy is a…
Seven Things: What’s Next for Cigar Regulation After the D.C. Court Ruling
Today, arguably the cigar industry’s best hope for a reversal of FDA regulations went up in smoke. U.S. District Court Judge Amit P. Mehta ruled…
