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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 ...
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.
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 state is seeking $58 million from tobacco companies Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, alleging that they underpaid what they owe Minnesota in a landmark 1998 lawsuit settlement over the ...
Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, Brown & Williamson, and Lorillard. $206 billion The largest civil litigation settlement in U.S. history occurred in 1998 between the attorneys general of 46 states ...
That was the situation in 1998, when Philip Morris, along with several other of the world's largest tobacco companies, ended years of litigation with 46 states through a master settlement ...
Philip Morris (Australia) Ltd, plaintiffs claimed tobacco companies misled them on the risks of smoking, although Courts ruled the case could not continue as representative proceedings (similar to class action lawsuits in the United States).
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 ...