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[District of Columbia] Obama Plans to Nominate 3 Judges for Key Court

Often called the second most important court in the country, the Washington court has overturned major parts of the president’s agenda in the last four years, on regulations covering Wall Street, the environment, tobacco, labor unions and workers’ rights.
New York Times
added May 28, 2013 00:19
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[Canada] Day 148: Raymond Duch and public polling

Mr. Duch's mandate from JTI-Macdonald was to focus not on what information Quebecers were exposed to through the media, as the historians had done, but rather to review polling results to assess what the public remembered hearing and what they believed a
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added May 28, 2013 11:20
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SWEDA: 2013 Altria Group, Inc. Annual Shareholders Meeting: Politely conducting business as usual

In sharp contrast to the manner in which management at Reynolds American, Inc. conducted its annual meeting of shareholders a week earlier, Altria Group, Inc.’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Martin J. Barrington treated everyone at the May 16th m
Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI)
added May 24, 2013 13:02
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Srinivasan Confirmed for D.C. Circuit on Bipartisan Vote

The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Sri Srinivasan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Thursday, making him President Obama's first successful nomination to the court and the first new judge there since 2006. The 97-0 vote reflected h
Law.com
added May 24, 2013 12:33
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[Canada] Day 147. History will be kind to them, for they intend to write it

in the report he wrote and in the book The Golden Holocaust he is writing what a British reviewer called advocacy history... I am disappointed, to say the least, that he seemed to pay no attention to the work that I did but had the temerity to dismiss it
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added May 25, 2013 12:56
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[West Virginia] A look back at WV tobacco litigation

More than a decade in the making and it's not over yet for West Virginia's tobacco litigation cases. A Kanawha County jury recently returned a verdict finding in favor of the defendant tobacco companies in all but one of six claims.
Charleston (WV) State Journal
added May 23, 2013 13:28
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[Canada] Day 146. A tale of two crises

knowledge of the city-wide boil advisory ... soon there were signs on every water outlet in the building, and the drinking fountains were blocked by plastic covers. (What's more, no one was saying the risks were not proven, the controls were excessive, or
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added May 23, 2013 12:19
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[Florida] BECK: In Smoking Cases, Interminable Delay Is the Real Due Process Violation

On Monday, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. filed a reply brief in an appeal it brought before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. In Walker v. RJR ... Given that the Engle ruling is now seven years old, this due process issue should have been s
AmericanLawyer.com
added May 23, 2013 03:31
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[Canada] Day 145: Four Seasons later, David Flaherty returns

He never once published his research findings outside of his reports to the tobacco companies. He explained today that this was because "I knew that eventually I would get to be an expert witness."
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added May 22, 2013 13:22
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[New Zealand] VIDEO: DHB smoking ban 'saves lives', court hears

But the DHB says its smoking ban is in place to save lives and shouldn't be overturned by the courts. In the High Court in Auckland today, a lawyer for the health board, Jonathan Coates, said smoking was responsible for 5000 deaths a year in New Zealand
nzoom.com (TVNZ)
added May 21, 2013 01:24
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