FedEx, New York Settle Dispute Over Cigarette Shipments For $35.3 Million

Mealey's (January 17, 2019, 1:00 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — A New York federal judge on Jan. 15 accepted a joint motion to dismiss allegations by the city of New York and the New York Office of the Attorney General (NYOAG) that FedEx Ground Package System Inc. and FedEx Freight Inc. knowingly delivered untaxed cigarettes from contraband cigarette trafficking businesses to residences and other entities unlicensed to deal cigarettes (New York, et al. v. FedEx Ground Package System Inc., et al., Nos. 13-9173, 14-8985, 17-5183, S.D. N.Y.)....