We are excited to announce the agenda for Keller and Heckman’s 2025 E-Vapor and Tobacco Law Symposium, featuring Keynote Speaker, Dr. Brian King, Director of FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP). Click here to view the full program agenda.

Register now to join us Monday, January 27 – Tuesday, January 28, 2025, in Las

We’re back! Keller and Heckman’s E-Vapor and Tobacco Law Symposium is returning in 2024 for our 8th annual conference. The symposium will be held Monday, January 29 – Tuesday, January 30, 2024, in Las Vegas, NV (right before TPE). Register today to join us for a two-day comprehensive seminar focused on legal and regulatory issues

On June 7, Partner Kathryn (Katie) Skaggs will present at the Food and Drug Law Institute’s (FDLI) Legal and Practical Issues in Cannabis Regulation virtual event, to be held June 7 – 8, 2023. Katie will participate on the panel, “Packaging and Labeling: Product Safety and Youth Use Prevention,” which will focus on the role

The extended early-bird discount for Keller and Heckman’s annual E-Vapor and Tobacco Law Symposium expires tomorrow, Friday, February 3. Register now in order to save $100 on your registration!

In addition to legal experts from Keller and Heckman, this year’s program will feature an impressive lineup of industry experts.

Meet this year’s guest speakers:

Keller and Heckman LLP is excited to announce the agenda for our upcoming E-Vapor and Tobacco Law Symposium! Please click here to register and click here to view the agenda.

In addition to the firm’s attorneys, we have several notable experts joining as guest speakers this year, including Derek Yach, the former World Health

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Save the date! Keller and Heckman’s Annual E-Vapor and Tobacco Law Symposium is back in person in 2023. Please join us on February 15-16, 2023, for a two-day comprehensive seminar focused on legal and regulatory issues critical to e-vapor, tobacco, and CBD industries.

This year’s program will feature new, timely topics specifically designed to help

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We reported in December 2021 that China’s State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA) published on its website the draft Management Rules for E-cigarettes and the updated national standard (GB) on e-cigarettes for public comment. Working with important industry members, including industry associations and manufacturers, Keller and Heckman filed comments to STMA to address and seek clarification

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On March 15, President Joe Biden signed a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill to fund the federal government through September. The bill, as passed, includes a provision amending the definition of “tobacco product” in Section 201(rr) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (“FDCA”) as “any product made or derived from tobacco, or containing

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A coalition of state and national vapor trade associations[1] has moved to intervene in and appeal the District Court for the District of Maryland’s decision in American Academy of Pediatrics, et al. v. FDA, Case No. 8:18-cv-00883, which drastically accelerated the Premarket Tobacco Product Application (PMTA) deadline for vapor products to May 11,

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Azim Chowdhury and Eric Gotting, partners at Keller and Heckman, will discuss the recent decision in the case American Academy of Pediatrics et al. vs. FDA, which struck down the extended premarket review compliance policy for deemed tobacco products.  Find out what the decision will mean to your business, both short and long term.

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