Philip Morris USA asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to affirm a lower court decision vacating a U.S. Food and Drug Administration rule that would have required graphic health warnings on cigarette packaging. The company argued that the district court correctly found the FDA failed to follow required administrative procedures when developing the rule. According to Law 360, the appeal centers on whether the agency’s rulemaking process complied with federal standards, after the district court struck down the regulation on procedural grounds.
