Juul agrees to $1.7B settlement amid allegations of marketing to minors: Report

Steff Thomas

December 10, 05:37 PM December 10, 05:57 PM

Juul Labs Inc, an electronic cigarette company, has agreed to pay $1.7 billion to settle more than 5,000 lawsuits, according to reports.

A bulk of the suits allege that the company used its marketing to target children and teenagers. Despite the settlement, Juul has denied the accusations.

The various lawsuits by more than 10,000 plaintiffs were consolidated in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, with the lawsuits included dealing with personal injury, consumer class action, government entities, and Native American tribes.

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Juul also agreed in September to pay more than $438 million to settle another multistate investigation. The most recent agreement was signed on Tuesday, resolving legal liabilities that almost pushed the company to declare bankruptcy.

Sarah London, a co-lead counsel for the plaintiffs in the lawsuits, said this settlement would give victims "meaningful compensation,” according to a statement.

“The scope of these suits is enormous,” London wrote.

“These settlements will put meaningful compensation in hands of victims and their families, get real funds to schools for abatement programs, and help government and tribal entities prevent youth use of e-cigarettes across the U.S.,” she added.

The company has declined in prevalence in America after the Food and Drug Administration made moves earlier this summer to ban sales of the company’s products in the United States, though the company challenged it in court. This led the FDA to pause the ban while it appealed the rule.

The use of e-cigarettes continues to climb among young people, with the FDA finding that 2.5 million young people use them.

The full terms of the new settlement have not been released.

Illegal termination settlements internet extra than $1M for previous Boston police officers

Brett Rowland | The Heart Sq.

August 11, 11:36 AM August 11, 11:36 AM

(The Center Square) – The two maximum paid Boston law enforcement officers in 2021 received legal settlements of far more than $1 million each individual, decades soon after they had been unlawfully terminated subsequent a controversial drug tests plan.

Previous officers Richard Beckers and Jacqueline M. McGowan were being compensated $1.26 million and $1.25 million, respectively. The Heart Square not long ago analyzed fork out for metropolis staff in Boston in 2021.

A extensive-working lawsuit around the termination of 10 Boston law enforcement officers involving 2001 and 2007 finished with settlements for Beckers and McGowan. The 10 officers have been fired after hair testing came again positive for cocaine use. The termination of four of all those 10 officers was later upheld.

The other six fought for again shell out and some sought reinstatement soon after a commission concluded the hair testing failed to satisfy the requirement for just cause termination, according to court information.

Of those six officers, four obtained back again pay out compensation payouts in 2017 and 2018, according to courtroom data.

A spokesman reported the Boston Law enforcement Department now makes use of urine examination for drug testing rather of hair testing, which was disputed in the lawsuit.