Federal Judge Ceases All Briefing In Juul Case Pending Decision By JPMDL

(August 18, 2019, 10:50 AM EDT) -- TAMPA, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida on Aug. 8 agreed to defer all briefing in a lawsuit that accuses the maker of the popular e-cigarette Juul and its tobacco company investor of creating a youth electronic cigarette use epidemic pending a decision by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on whether the case will be transferred and consolidated into a suit pending in a California federal court (Erin NesSmith, et al. v. Juul Labs Inc., et al., No. 8:19-cv-00884, M.D. Fla.)....