Court sets aside award in Philip Morris case
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A divided Supreme Court set aside on Tuesday a $79.5 million punitive damages award won by a longtime smoker's widow against Altria Group Inc.'s Philip Morris unit.
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Appeals court says punitive award against Philip Morris is still &#39;excessive&#39; and must be halved. LOS ANGELES  - A California appeals court has ruled that a smoker&#39;s $3 billion punitive damages award
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The Supreme Court today discarded a $79.5 million jury award against the Philip Morris tobacco company, the latest in a decade-long series of ruling that limit punitive damage verdicts against corporations.
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Tobacco officials are expected to appeal a ruling by an NC judge that halted millions in compensation to growers by cigarette companies as local farmers struggle to make their budgets and plan for next season.
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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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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 $10.1 billion judgment last year against cigarette-maker Philip Morris USA &quot;did not represent justice,&quot; former Gov. James Thompson told the Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Philip Morris and lawyers who won a ten-(B)billion-dollar judgment against the company are fighting again. The cigarette maker on Monday asked the Illinois Supreme Court to disqualify a Chicago
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A federal appeals court struck down a Bush administration policy exempting power plants from certain environmental regulations. The court said the policy was unlawful
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CHICAGO (CBS.MW) -- In a move that should effectively add a dime a pack to the cost of some top cigarette brands, Philip Morris USA is about to cut its promotional allowances.
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The US Supreme Court annuls a ruling that Philip Morris must pay $79.5m to a dead cigarette smoker's widow.
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A federal class-action lawsuit filed in Boston yesterday on behalf of Massachusetts smokers demands that Philip Morris USA Inc. pay for computerized chest scans for its customers in an effort to detect early-stage lung cancer.
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Altria said the move would free Philip Morris International to pursue cigarette sales more aggressively outside the United States by separating it from its Virginia-based counterpart.
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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 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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A New York state judge dismissed most of a lawsuit accusing H&R Block of charging excessive fees on individual retirement accounts.
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A federal appeals court struck down the Bush administration approach to limiting mercury emissions by power plants Friday, ruling that the government failed to adequately consider the policy's effect on public health and the environment.