On February 12, 2018, Nicopure Labs, LLC and the Right to be Smoke-Free Coalition[i] (the Appellants) filed their opening brief in the appeal of last year’s decision from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, which ruled in favor of FDA in the first lawsuit challenging aspects of the Tobacco Control Act
Committee on the Review of the Health Effects of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Releases Report Documenting Massive Review of Existing Scientific Literature
On January 23, 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (hereinafter referred to as the “National Academies”) Committee on the Review of the Health Effects of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS)
At its 2nd Annual E-Vapor and Tobacco Law Symposium today in Irvine, California, Keller and Heckman announced its latest law blog, The Continuum of Risk. Learn more about the blog here. We will be providing all our Client Alerts and relevant industry information through this blog, and encourage you to stay connected
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Azim Chowdhury is nationally recognized as an expert on FDA issues as they relate to the tobacco and e-vapor industries. He represents tobacco, e-cigarette and e-liquid manufacturers, suppliers and trade associations in matters of FDA regulatory and corporate compliance, and spearheaded Keller and Heckman’s FDA
Beyond the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Tobacco Control Act requirements that now apply to deemed tobacco products, manufacturers and retailers of vapor products, and particularly e-liquids, also face stringent environmental and waste management regulations and compliance issues that are significantly more complex than those faced by cigarette and traditional tobacco product companies. This
Azim Chowdhury authored a chapter in “Dual Markets – Comparative Approaches to Regulation.” The book, first published on November 14, 2017, analyzes dual markets for regulated substances and services and aims to provide a framework for effective regulation. A “dual market” refers to the existence of both a legal and an illegal market for a
Electronic cigarette and e-liquid (collectively “e-vapor”) manufacturers are increasingly the targets of California Proposition 65 enforcement actions brought by private plaintiffs. Of the 168 private enforcement actions brought against e-vapor manufacturers, 150 of these have been filed since 2016. We provide background on Proposition 65 below, followed by specifics regarding how the e-vapor industry has
Azim Chowdhury and Manon Ombredane will attend the Next Generation Nicotine Delivery Conference in London. Azim will present “Determining the Impact of the FDA’s Stance on Nicotine Containing Products.” Manon will participate on the panel “Roundtable Discussing The Variance of TPD Implementation in Different EU Member States.” The conference will take place November 14-15. 2017.
Azim Chowdhury and Adam Susser will participate in the FDLI Tobacco Products and Regulation and Policy Conference, which will take place October 26-27, 2017 in Washington, DC.
This KH sponsored event will bring together public health advocates, researchers, manufacturers, lawyers, consumer interests, entrepreneurs, governmental agencies and others to effectively regulate the broad spectrum of tobacco
Just five days before the September 30, 2017 registration deadline for U.S. manufacturing establishments, on Tuesday, September 26, 2017, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, tweeted that due to “website connectivity problems” with the FDA Unified Registration and Listing System (FURLS), FDA would be “implementing a short term extension
