FDA on the Verge of Asserting Jurisdiction Over Additional Tobacco Products?
On October 14th, 2011, Senators Lautenberg (NJ), Blumenthal (CT) and Brown (IL) wrote to FDA Commissioner Hamburg to request FDA’s action to regulate additional tobacco products under the Tobacco...
View ArticleU.S. Postal Service Expands Options for Tobacco Deliveries
The 2010 Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (“PACT”) Act severely restricted the use of the U.S. Postal Service to deliver cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco. These tobacco...
View ArticleFederal Legislation Would Tax Home-Based Roll-Your-Own Machines
Much has been written about the so-called “Baucus amendment” to the $109 billion federal transportation bill. The amendment, ostensibly designed to provide financing for rural schools, would classify...
View ArticleTTB Finalizes Regulations on Pipe Tobacco and Processed Tobacco, But Punts on...
On June 21, 2012, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) of the U.S. Treasury Department issued final regulations, effective immediately, governing permit and related requirements for...
View ArticleManufacturers and Retailers Challenge Haverstraw, New York’s Ordinance...
On June 26, 2012, the New York Association of Convenience Stores and major tobacco manufacturers, including Phillip Morris, R.J. Reynolds and Lorillard, filed suit against the Village of Haverstraw,...
View ArticleAvoiding Legal Problems Created by Your Company Website (Part I)
In today’s technology-focused age, commercial websites are ever more sophisticated and interactive, allowing customers to do far more than view and purchase a company’s products. More and more...
View ArticleAvoiding Legal Problems Created by Your Company Website (Part II: Gathering...
Part I of this post addressed the content that appears on your company website – both content you create or that was created for you and content generated by users of your website. Today, we will look...
View ArticleTips for Negotiating Your Website Development Contract
Often, the most significant impression a customer has of a company comes from the company’s website. An attractive, well-organized and easy to use website is crucial in today’s “click and buy”...
View ArticleMissouri Tobacco Initiative Defeated
In the recent election, Missouri voters narrowly defeated (by a margin of 50.8% to 49.2%) a ballot initiative that would have raised state excise taxes on all tobacco products, would have regulated...
View ArticleTroutman Sanders Tobacco Practice Partners to Speak at TMA Annual Meeting
The Troutman Sanders tobacco practice is excited to participate in the upcoming 2014 Tobacco Merchants Association (“TMA”) Annual Meeting held May 19-22 in Williamsburg, Virginia. The year’s theme is,...
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