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United States v. Philip Morris USA, Inc. [1] was a case in which the United States District Court for the District of Columbia held several major tobacco companies liable for violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act [2] by engaging in numerous acts of fraud to further a conspiracy to deceive the American public about nicotine addiction and the health effects ...
Philip Morris USA v. Williams, 549 U.S. 346 (2007), 556 U.S. 178 (2009), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, which held that the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment limits punitive damages, and ordered a lower court to reconsider its damages awards on that basis.
The Philip Morris v.Uruguay case (Spanish: Caso Philip Morris contra Uruguay) was an investor-state dispute settlement case initiated on 19 February 2010 and concluded on 8 July 2016, in which the multinational tobacco company Philip Morris International (PMI), whose head office is located in Lausanne, [1] lodged a complaint against Uruguay that was resolved by international arbitration under ...
Health campaigners have written to U.S. regulators accusing Philip Morris International of misrepresenting past regulatory decisions, seeking to disrupt the launch of its flagship heated tobacco ...
Tobacco company Philip Morris International is suspending online sales on Zyn.com after finding their affiliate may have illegally sold products in the nation’s capital.. Swedish Match North ...
“This lawsuit is a means of last resort and being pursued with a heavy heart,” attorneys wrote on behalf of members of the Southlake-based megachurch.
Price v. Philip Morris, Inc: cigarette company advertising class action led by plaintiff's attorney Stephen Tillery resulted in $10.1 billion judgement [1] Madison County, Illinois: 2003/2006 Ritalin class action lawsuits: promoting disorder ADHD to increase drug profits: Robbins v. Lower Merion School District
Over the course of the next 12 years Philip Morris worked on such a product, culminating in the 1976 product launch of the Merit brand. One key tactic was to "enrich" the product by applying extensive efforts in flavour chemistry and additives. Philip Morris seemed proud of the fact that they had managed this while using "less than 100 flavorants".