Appellate Court Backs Companies in Tobacco Case
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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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NEW ORLEANS The constitutionality of a federal law used to prosecute energy-trading companies and their workers has landed before a federal appeals court.
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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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US lawsuit against tobacco firms that "duped" smokers over low-tar cigarettes get the go-ahead.
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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 Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that states cannot levy a luxury tax on goods such as cigarettes, a lawyer said, sparking a rally in the shares of the country's tobacco companies.
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The Supreme Court added new cases to their docket on drug and cigarette labeling requirements on Friday.
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Two major cigarette makers on Wednesday said they plan to appeal a Louisiana court ruling ordering them to fund a program to help people quit smoking, although the decision reduced the amount of damages they faced.
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U.S. appeals court judges considered on Tuesday whether a $200 billion lawsuit against big tobacco companies by smokers of "light" cigarettes should be allowed to go ahead as a class action.
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A California appeals court cut by half the $100 million in punitive damages awarded to the family of a man who sued tobacco giant Philip Morris USA Inc.
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The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether tobacco companies can be sued in state courts over alleged deceptive advertising of "light" cigarettes.
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The Supreme Court ruled against the Bush administration Monday in an environmental lawsuit, allowing a company to seek recovery of some of its costs for voluntarily cleaning up a hazardous site.
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A divided U.S. federal appeals court  panel on Wednesday expressed skepticism about whether the  government had the authority to force cigarette makers to pay  billions of dollars in past profits as part of its racketeering  case against the industry.
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A $200 billion U.S. lawsuit filed by   "light" cigarette smokers gained class action status on Monday,   hammering shares of U.S. tobacco companies.
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Philip Morris USA challenged a $10.1 billion consumer fraud ruling Wednesday, telling the Illinois Supreme Court that its "light" cigarettes performed as advertised.
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Tobacco companies were &quot;breathing a multi-billion dollar sigh of relief&quot; after an Australian court threw out a class action seeking compensation for illness caused by smoking, the plaintiff's lawyer said.
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A lawsuit accusing tobacco companies of   defrauding smokers into thinking "light" cigarettes were safer   than regular brands can proceed as a class action, a federal   judge in New York ruled on Monday.