In MDL Over Cigarette Marketing, Discovery, Deposition Requests Granted

Mealey's (August 23, 2018, 1:50 PM EDT) -- SANTA FE, N.M. — A New Mexico federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation over allegations that a cigarette manufacturer and its holding company misled consumers on Aug. 18 ordered the defendants to present a corporate representative for deposition, while also directing plaintiffs to comply with discovery requests in advance of defense depositions (In re:  Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co. Marketing and Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 16-2695, D. Ariz., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 140453)....