( February 6, 2023, 11:59 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Tobacco company Altria Group Inc. and its subsidiaries in an opening brief to the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals say a trial court wrongly certified two classes bringing claims against it for violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) as part of the multidistrict litigation against e-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. (JLI), writing that the claims arise out of sales of “JUUL products that Altria never designed, manufactured, or sold.”...