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February 01, 2006 |

The Lifesavers

With deft strategy and dogged work, Paul, Weiss lawyers steered their clients through the corporate plague years.
16 minute read
March 17, 2008 |

Justices turn down smokers' lawsuit against tobacco companies

WASHINGTON AP - The Supreme Court declined Monday to consider a lawsuit accusing tobacco companies of turning minors into smokers by targeting them with cigarette advertising.The California Supreme Court ruled against the smokers last August, saying a federal law on cigarette advertising and the companies' First Amendment rights to commercial speech allow the marketing campaigns.
1 minute read
October 24, 2013 |

Marlboro Maker Altria's Profit More Than Doubles

Altria Group's third-quarter profit more than doubled as the Marlboro maker paid out less in legal settlements.
1 minute read
June 13, 2013 |

4th DCA Reverses Award In Broward Tobacco Case

A Broward County tobacco smoker case was reversed in part by the Fourth District Court of Appeal because the tobacco company defendants were entitled to a reduction of damages assessed for loss on companionship.
2 minute read
February 04, 2011 |

Government in new dispute with tobacco companies

The Justice Department is in a new dispute with the tobacco industry over the government's landmark lawsuit against the companies.The government has prepared corrective statements it wants the companies to be forced to make about the health hazards from smoking. But the tobacco companies don't want the proposed corrective statements filed on the public record until they have an opportunity to review them.
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October 09, 2008 |

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August 30, 2006 |

Disclosure Demands Buried in Tobacco Ruling

Big tobacco may not have been slammed with the multibillion-dollar monetary sanctions that the Justice Department had sought in its racketeering suit, but the court's new demands for document disclosure could bear hidden gold for plaintiffs lawyers. A little-reported section of D.C. federal Judge Gladys Kessler's remedial order detailing disclosure requirements far exceeds anything the tobacco defendants have been ordered to do to make their internal company communications easily accessible.
3 minute read
Pelman, et al. v. McDonald's Corp., 02 Civ. 07821 (DCP)1
Publication Date: 2010-11-02
Practice Area: Business Law
Industry:
Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
Judge: Judge Donald C. Pogue
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Samuel Hirsch & Associates, P.C. (Samuel Hirsch) for Plaintiffs.
For defendant: Winston & Strawn LLP (Thomas J. Quigley, Bradley E. Lerman, Bruce R. Braun, Scott P. Glauberman, Melissa A. Gabriel and Thomas P. O'Connor) for Defendant.
Case number: 02 Civ. 07821 (DCP)1

Cite as: Pelman, et al. v. McDonald's Corp., 02 Civ. 07821, NYLJ 1202474231493, at *1 (SDNY, Decided October 27, 2010)Judge Donald C. Poguep class="decided

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