Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton underscores the significance of allegations against e-cigarette manufacturer Juul, raised in a recently-filed lawsuit by Juul’s former senior vice president of global finance Siddharth Breja.
Erika A. Kelton, a lawyer at Phillips and Cohen, a Washington-based firm that represents whistle-blowers but is not representing Mr. Breja, said that although the allegations are cast as a wrongful termination case, they are likely to get the attention of regulators. “These contamination allegations are headline-grabbing, and I’d expect both federal and state regulators will investigate because they are of such grave public concern,” she said.
Read the entire article, “Juul knowingly sold tainted nicotine pods, former executive says,” on The New York Times’ website.