Washington State Sues Juul For Unlicensed Sales And Deceptive Youth Marketing

(September 9, 2020, 9:46 AM EDT) -- SEATTLE — The attorney general of the state of Washington on Sept. 2 filed a consumer protection lawsuit in the state's King County Superior Court against e-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. and its prior parent company, Pax Labs Inc., alleging that they should face fines of $5,000 per violation for "hundreds of thousands" of unlicensed e-cigarette product sales into the state during a nearly two-year period and accusing the company of illegally marketing to youth and deceptively concealing the addictiveness of its products (Washington v. Juul Labs, Inc., et al., No. 20-2-13366-3, Wash. Super., King Co.)....

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