Court Invalidates Maine Tobacco Law
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday invalidated parts of Maine's law barring Internet tobacco sales to minors.
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US tobacco companies applaud an appeal court decision rejecting a $280bn claim by the government.
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Tobacco companies lost a court fight Friday to overturn new restrictions on advertising in places where cigarettes are sold in Britain.
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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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The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a class-action lawsuit against Philip Morris should not be decided in federal court, handing a defeat to the tobacco company.
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A federal appeals court on Wednesday threw out a &#36;15 million punitive damages award to a lifelong smoker who sued R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. after losing his legs from a cigarette-related illness.
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Last week, the state finally outlawed underage smoking. Critics say that's not enough.
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Canadaâs highest court upheld a law limiting tobacco advertising, ruling that although the restrictions limited the rights of cigarette companies to free speech the curbs were justified by the need to improve public health. The Supreme Court judges said there was nothing wrong with the 1997 law that banned broadcast commercials and advertising aimed at young people and that obliged companies to put large graphic warning labels on cigarette packages. Canadaâs three big tobacco companies had argued the limitations unfairly infringed their right of free expression. But in a unanimous decision, the court said the need to protect public health took precedence.
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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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RALEIGH, NC - A group overseeing payments to tobacco farmers and quota holders from a 1999 settlement will appeal a judge&#39;s decision that cigarette companies do not have to make the last of those payments.
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The court ruled the government could not collect $280 billion it alleges the tobacco industry earned through fraud.
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A federal appeals court Friday rejected the government's attempt to recover $280 billion from tobacco companies, even if the Department of Justice prevails in its suit that the companies defrauded and misled the American public.
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Splitting  5-4, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a nearly $80 million punitive damages ruling against Philip Morris.
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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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The U.S. 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.
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The US Supreme Court yesterday let stand a ruling that dismissed a $10.1 billion verdict against Philip Morris USA, ending a case that helped feed the reputation of Madison County, Ill., where it originated, as a "judicial hellhole."