Cigarette Makers Racketeering Trial Opens
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Major cigarette makers went on trial  on Tuesday in the U.S. government's $280 billion case, which  charges the tobacco industry with deliberately deceiving the  public about the risks of smoking since the 1950s.
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Cigarette makers on Thursday tried  to portray former Food and Drug Administration chief David  Kessler as a biased publicity-seeker as he took the stand as  the first witness in the government's $280 billion racketeering  suit against the industry.
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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 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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WASHINGTON -- It has taken five years of pretrial skirmishing, but testimony will finally begin tomorrow in the government's massive racketeering case alleging that the tobacco industry defrauded and misled the American public for almost 50 years about the health risks of cigarette smoking.
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Trial began Thursday for two of Parmalat SpA's former auditors, the first since the massive fraud scandal at the dairy giant unfolded just over a year ago.
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A man accused of murdering five women in Suffolk begins giving evidence at his trial.
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WASHINGTON -- Tobacco companies, desperate to maintain their hold on tens of millions of American smokers, worked together for decades to deceive the public about the dangers of cigarettes and to encourage the young to start puffing, government lawyers said yesterday at the start of a racketeering trial.
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After five years of preparation, the federal government expects to take the nation&#39;s tobacco industry to court today, alleging massive fraud and seeking a $280 billion penalty
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Jury selection begins in the trial of ex-WorldCom boss Bernie Ebbers accused of masterminding a $11bn fraud.
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The trial of Richard Scrushy got under way on Tuesday, with a prosecutor calling Mr. Scrushy the mastermind of an accounting fraud at the hospital chain he founded.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama  - U.S. coal company Drummond went on trial on Monday on charges it paid right-wing paramilitary gunmen to kill union leaders at a mine it operates in a war-torn corner of northern Colombia.
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As the first criminal trial stemming from the financial deals at Enron opened in Houston on Monday, it is notable as much for who is not among the six defendants as who is - and for how little money was involved compared with how much in other Enron
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A US lawsuit against tobacco firms that "duped" smokers over low-tar cigarettes gets the go-ahead.
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The trial of seven people accused of forming a child sex ring in Portuguese care homes is set to begin.
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The nicotine in cigarettes is  habit-forming but is not the sole cause of addiction, a tobacco  company executive argued during testimony on Tuesday in the  government's $280 billion suit against cigarette makers.
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Philip Morris USA challenged a $10.1 billion consumer fraud ruling Wednesday, telling the Illinois Supreme Court that its &quot;light&quot; cigarettes performed as advertised.