U.S. Racketeering Trial Against Tobacco Industry Is Set to Start
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It has taken five years of pretrial skirmishing, but testimony will finally begin  Tuesday in the government's massive racketeering case against the tobacco industry for allegedly defrauding and misleading the American public for almost 50 years about the health risks of cigarette smoking.
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The first trial stemming from the nation's deadliest human smuggling attempt was set to begin Monday in federal court, more than 1 1/2 years after 19 illegal immigrants died in a packed, sweltering trailer on a Texas highway.
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A Pennsylvania town's efforts to crack down on illegal immigration will be challenged by civil rights campaigners in a landmark federal trial beginning on Monday that could signal whether such local laws across the country can stand up to legal challenge.
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A $280bn government lawsuit against the largest cigarette manufacturers in the United States begins on Tuesday with both sides confident of victory.
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The first trial arising from the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling scandal is moving into a new phase, with prosecutors calling on witnesses to corroborate e-mails detailing the lobbyist&#039;s requests for help from a top procurement official in the Bush administration.
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On the eve of a $280bn racketeering trial of cigarette majors, political and legal uncertainties are still seen hanging over the US governmentâs long-awaited case.
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Kieran Fallon and two other jockeys are to go on trial next year over allegations of race-fixing.
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A criminal trial scheduled to start Monday involving former Enron Corp. executives may shine a rare and potentially harsh spotlight on the inner workings
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The trial of Richard Scrushy, the former chief executive of HealthSouth, the chain of rehabilitation hospitals, on fraud charges opens next week.
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US prosecutors will try to overturn a court ruling that threw out its claim for $280bn in damages from the nation's major tobacco firms.
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US government on Tuesday begins a major court battle to win $US280 billion ($400 billion) that it says major tobacco companies earned from the public by covering up the dangers of smoking.
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Major cigarette makers go on trial on Tuesday in the U.S. government's &#36;280 billion racketeering case that charges the tobacco industry with deliberately deceiving the public about the risks of smoking since the 1950s.
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A U.S. judge is expected on Monday to  rule on whether to certify as a class action a lawsuit that  accuses tobacco companies of defrauding smokers into thinking  "light" cigarettes were safer than regular brands, according to  notice sent to lawyers in the case.
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Nearly three years after Enron Corp.'s  dramatic collapse into bankruptcy, the first criminal trial against the disgraced energy company's former employees is set to kick off on Monday.
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Prosecutors want to bring Stanley S. Tollman to trial on charges relating to a $100 million bank fraud and tax evasion scheme.
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Nearly three years after Enron Corp.&#39;s dramatic collapse into bankruptcy, the first criminal trial against the disgraced energy company&#39;s former employees is set to kick off on Monday.
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An international treaty aimed at curbing tobacco sales and advertising is set to come into force.