SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) — California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced on July 13 that he filed a lawsuit against Grand River Enterprises Six Nations (GRE), a Canadian cigarette manufacturer, for allegedly failing to comply with California laws regarding tobacco sales and illegally selling the product in the state.
“Protecting Californians, especially youth, from cheap, illegal cigarettes is a public health priority,” Becerra said. “Bad actor tobacco companies that don’t follow the law and profit from illegal sales of their addictive product to Californians will be held accountable.”
According to the allegations, GRE does not make annual payments into an escrow fund for California…
