The class action suit alleging officers of e-cigarette manufacturer JUUL Labs Inc. intentionally misled the public and marketed its products to young people will move forward following a ruling in the Northern District of California.

U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick III found that, by switching liability from San Francisco-based JUUL to its directors and designating the company as the vehicle for racketeering but not the offender itself, the plaintiffs in the multidistrict litigation put forward a reasonable theory to support RICO claims against defendants with nicotine product company Altria and the current and former founders and directors of JUUL.