Sentences with phrase «case against the tobacco companies»
The case against Exxon and Shell is similar to the case against the tobacco companies — that they engaged in fraud to deceive the American public about the health effects of their products.
https://skepticalscience.com/ Not exact matches
Historian Robert Proctor plans to testify as an expert witness against tobacco companies in a number of cases brought by smokers in Florida.
If I understand the case correctly, the final outcome of the judgement against tobacco companies was to order them to stop denying known harms of smoking and to publicize the falsity of their fraudulent statements.
The case revolved around a suit that the province of British Columbia has launched against major tobacco companies.
Orin Kerr at The Volokh Conspiracy posts about this New York Times story reporting on infighting between DOJ career attorneys and political appointees regarding the DOJ's decision to seek $ 10 billion in penalties against the tobacco companies in its racketeering case rather than the $ 130 billion originally sought.