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Report: Child advocacy group sues Kan. AG over tobacco settlement funds information

May 14, 2013 2:00 PM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

TOPEKA, Kan. (Legal Newsline) — A children’s advocacy group is suing Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, accusing the state’s top lawyer of not releasing information about funds from revisions to a 1998 tobacco settlement. Kansas Action for Children filed their … Read More »

Kansas, News, State AGs, State Courts, Tobacco

Report: FDA to abandon legal battle over cigarette warnings, expected to revise labels

March 20, 2013 9:30 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — The Food and Drug Administration will not appeal the decision of a federal appeals court, which ruled last year that the FDA’s new rule requiring graphic images on cigarette packaging is unconstitutional. According to The Associated … Read More »

Federal Government, Hot Topics, News, Tobacco, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Supreme Court

Ark. AG settles with tobacco companies over MSA dispute

March 15, 2013 7:45 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) — Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel says an arbitration panel has issued a ruling that will allow a settlement to proceed between the state and the tobacco companies that signed the Master Settlement Agreement. The … Read More »

Arkansas, News, State AGs, Tobacco

Federal appeals court denies FDA’s request for rehearing in graphic tobacco label case

January 23, 2013 7:53 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — A federal appeals court last month denied a request by the federal Food and Drug Administration to rehear a case involving graphic images on cigarette packaging. In August, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District … Read More »

Hot Topics, News, Tobacco

Ala. AG calls tobacco settlement a good deal

December 19, 2012 1:10 PM
By Chris Dickerson

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) — Major cigarette makers — including Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds — on Tuesday reached an settlement with 17 states about payments they must make under a 1998 agreement. The 17 states will receive their share … Read More »

Alabama, News, State AGs, Tobacco

Philip Morris wants plaintiff to pay attorneys fees after loss

October 16, 2012 1:56 PM
By John O'Brien

TAMPA, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – Tobacco company Philip Morris says a Florida man who refused its $500 settlement offer should now have to pay its attorneys fees. Franklin Burr lost the wrongful death case claims he brought on behalf of … Read More »

Hot Topics, News, Tobacco

Fed judge: Fla. man missed chance to file tobacco lawsuit

October 1, 2012 3:19 PM
By John O'Brien
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Scriven

TAMPA, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – A federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit of a man who sued tobacco giants Philip Morris USA and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco over the 1990 death of his wife.
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Hot Topics, News, Tobacco

D.C. Circuit rules against graphic tobacco labels

August 24, 2012 12:16 PM
By John O'Brien
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Leon

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – A federal appeals court has ruled cigarette companies do not have to display graphic images of diseased lungs and a cadaver with chest staples on their packaging.
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Hot Topics, News, Tobacco

N.H. SC decertifies ‘light’ cigarette class while Ill. court weighs similar case

August 22, 2012 10:17 AM
By John O'Brien
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Tillery

CONCORD, N.H. (Legal Newsline) – Another state supreme court has rejected a class action lawsuit that claims tobacco companies misled customers by labeling some cigarettes as “light.”
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Hot Topics, News, Tobacco

Minn. SC shoots down lawsuit over light cigarettes

May 30, 2012 12:16 PM
By John O'Brien
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Dietzen

MINNEAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) – The Minnesota Supreme Court has become the latest court to reject a class action lawsuit over light cigarettes.
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Hot Topics, News, Tobacco