Judge Denies Juul’s Motion To Stay Case Pending MDL Decision

(August 19, 2019, 6:26 PM EDT) -- MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal judge in Alabama on Aug. 14 denied Juul Labs Inc.’s motion to stay proceedings until the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) decides whether to transfer 10 pending lawsuits, all accusing the e-cigarette maker of creating an addictive product that is deceptively marketed to children, to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California for coordination or consolidation (Savannah West v. Juul Labs Inc, et al., No. 19-505, M.D. Ala.)....