Sentences with phrase «defendant tobacco companies»

Ontario's statement of claim alleges that the defendant tobacco companies knew about the addictiveness of cigarettes and the health damages they caused and deceived the public by misrepresenting the risks.

In an order, Kessler stated that the defendant tobacco companies had made false and deceptive statements on five topics:

A Federal Court has ruled that the Defendant tobacco companies deliberately deceived the American public about the addictiveness of smoking and nicotine, and has ordered those companies to make this statement.

Not exact matches

Between January 14, 2014 and April 30, 2016, the defendant, owner of M&J Tobacco Wholesale, significantly under reported the amount of tobacco products imported by his company on his tax returns.

In breaking news, tobacco companies last year celebrated the end of a decade long, multi-million dollar jihad pursued by politicized Justice Department attorneys who were not satisfied with simply extorting billions of dollars in taxes disguised as a settlement from the defendants.

The cases make the claim that the «Global Climate Coalition» was a front group operating in tobacco industry - like fashion with the fossil fuel company defendants to misinform the public while supposedly knowing their «contrarian» views were unfounded.

Reuters reports that the tobacco company defendants have been battling to avoid being forced to use words such as «deceived» in the corrective statements, but lost this free speech battle before Kessler.

A spokesman for one defendant, Reynolds American, stated that the company was «reviewing the judge's ruling and considering next steps,» but tobacco industry analysts are confident that the tobacco companies will «appeal absolutely everything.»

However, this can be an advantage to some defendants who may prefer to deal with an initial class - action up front, such as tobacco companies.