D.C. Federal Judge Won’t Retransfer Deeming Rule Dispute To Texas

Mealey's (January 14, 2019, 10:36 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Efforts by cigar retailers and manufacturers to proceed with their challenge to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s “Deeming Rule” in Texas were unsuccessful Jan. 11, when a federal judge ruled that the case will remain in the District of Columbia (En Fuego Tobacco Shop LLC v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, et al., No. 18-1791, D. D.C., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5177)....