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Big Tobacco Says Corrective Statements Go Too Far
U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler, who is hearing the case, has already said she wants the industry to pay for corrective statements in various types of ads. Although she has not made a decision on what the statements will say, she said at Monday's hear
Oct 15, 2012
AP - Associated Press
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Oct 16, 2012 07:47
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Philip Morris, Others Balk At Government-Proposed Fraud Ads ($$)
Tobacco giants Philip Morris USA Inc. and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. told a Washington federal court Monday that the government's proposed advertisements detailing the companies' past fraudulent cigarette marketing go beyond the scope of court mandates and
Oct 15, 2012
Law360
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Oct 16, 2012 07:45
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Big Tobacco Pushes Back Against U.S. Government's 'Forced Public Confessions'
Tobacco companies are urging a federal judge to reject the government's proposed industry-financed corrective statements, calling them "forced public confessions." The Justice Department countered that the statements need to be strong enough to protect p
Oct 15, 2012
Huffington Post (blog)
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Oct 16, 2012 07:45
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Big tobacco companies resist admissions of wrongdoing
The companies - including Altria Group Inc and Reynolds American Inc - have been fighting with the U.S. Justice Department for six years about the wording of what are known as "corrective statements."
Oct 16, 2012
Reuters
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Oct 16, 2012 07:41
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Tobacco Litigation Documents
National Litigation * U.S. v. Philip Morris USA, et al. (RICO case) * U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Oct 14, 2012
University of California at San Francisco (UCSF)
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Oct 14, 2012 17:24
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Litigation Against Tobacco Companies
On August 10, 2007, Joint Defendants/Appellants filed their Opening Brief. Defendant-Appellant Altria Group, Inc. filed a separate brief. Defendant-Appellant British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited also filed a separate brief. The United States’ o
Nov 19, 2007
US Department of Justice (USDOJ)
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Oct 14, 2012 17:13
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[Oklahoma] FEDERAL RACKETEERING (RICO) CONVICTION
Philip Morris, Altria, R.J. Reynolds, Brown and Williamson, Lorillard, American Tobacco, and British American Tobacco Company have now been convicted in U.S. District Court of racketeering and conducting a decades-long conspiracy to deceive the American p
Oct 2, 2012
tobaccomoney.com (OK)
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Oct 2, 2012 17:54
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[Illinois] LETTER: SWEDA: Letter about tobacco lawsuit didn't mention anti-racketeering ruling
So, when it comes to the tobacco companies’ ongoing light-cigarette scam, Mr. Akin and his organization come down on the side of adjudicated racketeers rather than American consumers.
Sep 6, 2012
St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch
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Sep 6, 2012 02:29
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DC Circ. Tobacco Ruling Lets Marketing Limits Go Forward ($$)
The D.C. Circuit affirmed Friday that a 2009 law allowing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco companies does not wipe out court injunctions limiting the companies' marketing practices, a ruling that opens up the court-imposed restri
Jul 27, 2012
Law360
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Aug 12, 2012 16:38
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Herbert Smith poaches 6 Chadbourne partners for NY office
Herbert Smith is one of a handful of firms that British American Tobacco turns to most often for legal work. The Chadbourne group has worked with the client for years and had represented the tobacco giant in a variety of matters
Aug 2, 2012
Thomson Reuters
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Aug 2, 2012 13:44