Barring an immediate ruling in its favor, the cigar industry could not have had a much better day in court than the one it had...Read More

The cigar industry and the U.S. Food & Drug Administration will meet in virtual federal court tomorrow afternoon to discuss FDA’s plans to defer premium...Read More

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) intends on re-evaluating how it goes about regulating premium cigars, specifically, researching the potential health effects of smoking...Read More

Attorneys for the cigar industry and the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) were back in federal court to present arguments about whether part or...Read More

In a move that could end up being a mixed bag for premium cigar smokers, a federal appeals court has ruled that the U.S. Food...Read More

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is not planning on delaying the current Sept. 9, 2020 deadline by which cigar companies will have to...Read More

The substantial equivalence deadline will not be moving back to August 2021. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit...Read More

Cigar companies will not have to submit substantial equivalence until Sept. 9, 2020. After weeks of procedural legal functions, an agreed-upon 120-day delay of the...Read More

As expected, a federal appeals court will allow for a 120-day delay of FDA’s substantial equivalence deadline—currently set for May 12—due to the coronavirus COVID-19...Read More

A new motion has been filed in one of the lawsuits related to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) regulation of cigars, this time...Read More

While not yet official, the deadline for cigar companies to submit substantial equivalence reports to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) will almost certainly...Read More