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  2. Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. The $200 billion playbook that kneecapped Big Tobacco is ...

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    Google, which ruled that platforms cannot be held liable for users’ content that they host under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. Rashbaum says that the attorneys general ...

  4. Tobacco politics - Wikipedia

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    This settlement included payments to states, restrictions on advertisements, and free access to internal industry research, although some have criticized the settlement for shielding the industry from future lawsuits, granting a monopoly to the largest tobacco companies, creating "client states" dependent on settlement payments, and shifting ...

  5. Big tobacco: Is Ontario's $46.6 billion suit hypocritical? - AOL

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    In Canada, the province of Ontario now seeks similar compensation from. When 46 states agreed to a $246 billion out-of-court settlement to recover the costs of smoking-related illnesses, they ...

  6. Revised Statutes of Ontario - Wikipedia

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    The last edition of the RSO was dated 1990 pursuant to the Statutes Revision Act, 1989, consolidating the statutes in force prior to January 1, 1991. [ 3 ] More recently, acts have been consolidated on the e-Laws website, organized by reference to their existing citations in the Statutes of Ontario or Revised Statutes of Ontario.

  7. Minnesota says tobacco firms owe $58M in underpayments ... - AOL

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    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 ...

  8. Payments Canada - Wikipedia

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    The SAC was established in 1996 on a voluntary basis and was formalized in the Canadian Payments Act in 2001. [12] The SAC provides advice to the Payments Canada Board of Directors on payment, clearing, and settlement matters, and contributes input on proposed initiatives, including by-laws, policy statements, and rules that affect third parties.

  9. Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Six other tobacco liability cases were withdrawn the same month as well. [9] The firm handling Cipollone was denied withdrawal in the last remaining case, Haines v. Liggett Group, Inc. Haines dragged on for another decade and then some, until a settlement order was approved on April 13, 2004. [10]