Court rejects $280bn tobacco case
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A US court rejects a government lawsuit accusing the tobacco industry of covering up the effects of smoking.
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on  Monday that a class-action lawsuit against Philip Morris USA, a  unit of Altria Group Inc. , should not be decided in  federal court, handing a defeat to the tobacco company.
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A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected the government's bid to force cigarette makers to pay &#36;280 billion in past profits, striking the toughest sanction from the racketeering case and lifting tobacco stocks.
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A Nigerian judge rejects the inclusion of more cases in a $7bn Nigerian lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.
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WASHINGTON -- A federal judge has denied a request by tobacco companies to let them keep marketing "light" and "low tar" cigarettes until an appeal is settled in their case.
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The European Court of Justice has rejected a legal bid to allow online European shoppers to purchase cheap cigarettes and alcohol anywhere throughout the EU.
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The US Supreme Court threw out an order for tobacco giant Philip Morris to pay 79.5 million dollars to the widow of a US smoker, in a victory for businesses hoping to limit punitive financial awards.
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Japan Tobaccoâs Canadian unit was ordered by an Ontario judge to stand trial on charges it defrauded the Canadian government out of about a billion Canadian dollars ($931 million) in the 1990s by shipping cigarettes to the United States to avoid paying taxes. The judge, David Fairgrieve of Ontario Provincial Court, said in a 29-page ruling that prosecutors had presented enough evidence to warrant a trial of the unit, JTI-MacDonald. The company has denied any wrongdoing.
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America&#39;s largest tobacco companies go on trial on Tuesday as they face a $280bn (Â£156bn) government lawsuit. Opening arguments will be heard in the case, in which the Justice Department accuses the companies
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MONTREAL - The Canadian arm of a huge tobacco company has asked a Quebec court to stop a provincial lawsuit claiming $1.4 billion in unpaid taxes on smuggled cigarettes.
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A panel of federal appellate judges raised significant doubts yesterday about whether courts can order tobacco companies to forfeit $280 billion in past profits if the government proves they engaged in civil fraud and conspiracy.
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A smoker who accused tobacco companies of jacking up cigarette prices to recoup billions of dollars they pay each year to U.S. states lost a federal court appeal on Wednesday.
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Lawyers for cigarette makers on  Wednesday sought to knock down the government's $280 billion  racketeering case against the industry, telling a federal judge  that they had already addressed the government's concerns by  changing the way they do business.
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An appeals court Friday dealt a major blow to the government's attempt to hold the tobacco industry accountable for decades of alleged deceit about the dangers of smoking, ruling the Justice Department can't seek &#36;280 billion in penalties.
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court threw out a $79.5 million punitive damages award to a smoker's widow Tuesday, a boon to businesses seeking stricter limits on big-dollar jury verdicts. The 5-4 ruling was a victory for Altria Group Inc.'s Philip Morris USA, which contested an Oregon Supreme Court...
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On Sept. 21 a landmark trial will begin. At stake is no less than $280 billion in what the feds claim is ill-gotten profits. As an industry, tobacco is no stranger to the courts.
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The Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a constitutional challenge by tobacco companies to Minnesota's 75-cent-per-pack health impact fee on cigarettes.