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The 2010 Lateral Report Starring Roles
When Laura Brank (photo at left), who was managing partner of Chadbourne's Moscow and St. Petersburg offices, defected to Dechert's new Moscow group last November, the departure caused something of a cold war. Brank is one of this year's star laterals, our picks for the most important partner moves of 2009.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.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.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.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.Miami Attorneys Argue They Should Continue Representing Flight Attendants In Tobacco Case
Two Miami lawyers argued in the Florida Supreme Court that they shouldn't be disqualified from representing flight attendants who disagree with spending under a $300 million settlement with tobacco companies for exposure to secondhand smoke.Trending Stories
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