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The Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) was entered on November 23, 1998, originally between the four largest United States tobacco companies (Philip Morris Inc., R. J. Reynolds, Brown & Williamson and Lorillard – the "original participating manufacturers", referred to as the "Majors") and the attorneys general of 46 states.
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 ...
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Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, Brown & Williamson, and Lorillard ... when Merrill Lynch agreed to pay $160 million to settle a class-action racial discrimination lawsuit brought by a longtime ...
California Superior Court Judge Rules for Philip Morris USA in "Lights" Class Action RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A California Superior Court judge today issued his final decision in favor of ...
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Philip Morris was also sued on the basis that the cigarettes manufactured and sold by the company were unreasonably dangerous. [8] The case was an Engle-progeny case, resulting from the Engle v. Liggett class action suit in 2006, where the Florida Supreme Court upheld a jury’s finding that cigarettes were dangerous to health and addictive. [9 ...
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 ...