Philip Morris USA Inc. v. United States Food and Drug Administration

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA _________________________________________ ) Philip Morris USA Inc., et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Civil No. 1:15-cv-01590 (APM) ) United States Food and Drug ) Administration, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) _________________________________________ ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs are a group of tobacco companies1 who seek my recusal in this case primarily because my former law partner provided legal services to an anti-tobacco organization—the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (“CTFK”)—while I was in private…