Sentences with phrase «lawsuits against the tobacco»

Breslin and Breslin, PA, Donald A. Caminiti, Esq., was one of six law firms selected by the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey to act as special counsel to represent it in its lawsuit against the tobacco industry to recover Medicaid and other health related costs incurred by the state resulting from tobacco related illnesses.

He was Co-Counsel in the lawsuit against the tobacco industry (representing the Governor of New Jersey) that settled for $ 8 Billion and Co-Counsel in the VIOXX litigation that settled for $ 4.85 Billion.

Since the landmark recoupment lawsuits against the tobacco industry, state attorneys general have sought to recover costs from other industries, including firearms and pharmaceuticals, by partnering with the personal injury bar to sue whole industries.

On Sept. 29, 2009, Ontario launched its $ 50 - billion lawsuit against tobacco companies both domestic and foreign including including Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd., Rothmans, RJ Reynolds Tobacco International Inc., and others for health - care costs.

Not exact matches

«This is the largest amount of money ever concealed in an election,» says Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson, as tobacco - style tactics by likes of PepsiCo and Nestle are revealed in Washington State's lawsuit against the Grocery Manufacturers Association over GMO labeling fight.

Cigarette wars light up as Philip Morris leads coalition of seven tobacco companies and the NY Association of Convenience Stores in lawsuit against Village of Haverstraw Rockland County Times Earlier this year, the Village of Haverstraw, working with POW» R Against Tobacco, took the unprecedented step of banning retail displays of cigarette products in their stores, -Lagainst Village of Haverstraw Rockland County Times Earlier this year, the Village of Haverstraw, working with POW» R Against Tobacco, took the unprecedented step of banning retail displays of cigarette products in their stores, -LAgainst Tobacco, took the unprecedented step of banning retail displays of cigarette products in their stores, -LSB-...]

In 2014 when this law went into effect in New York City, tobacco companies lobbied against it in a lawsuit.

Both lawsuits draw inspiration from litigation brought against tobacco companies in the 1990s.

In recent years, the efforts against tobacco companies have increased, and people have actually begun winning lawsuits against these companies.

She has also contributed to tobacco control through her work as an expert witness in the State of Minnesota's lawsuit against the major tobacco companies.

By analogy there is no law against selling tobacco, but the tobacoco companies agreed to pay billions in various federal lawsuits.

It seems to me that the most likely explanation for the NYT «correction» was that the paper's editors were worried about creating a legal basis for global - warming lawsuits against fossil fuel interests, as «prior knowledge of harm caused» played a central role in the tobacco lawsuits — and the head of the American Petroleum Institute PR push is Edelman, previously of «second - hand tobacco smoke is not a problem» fame.

As part of a lawsuit against the makers of smokeless tobacco, Randy and Rick worked to have Surfrider included in the cy pres allocation resulting in a $ 600,000 donation.

Ayers argued at the summit that, «the RICO Act, which had been used effectively against the tobacco industry, could similarly be used to bring a lawsuit against carbon producers.»

The conference featured Richard Ayers, co-founder and current trustee of the National Resources Defense Council, who argued, «The RICO Act, which had been used effectively against the tobacco industry, could similarly be used to bring a lawsuit against carbon producers.»

Not long ago, lawsuits were filed against cigarette companies for all the suffering caused by smoking, saying tobacco executives fully knew their product was a killer when they hired shill experts to testify and report that there wasn't a clear connection between smoking and lung cancer.

This week, four of the five largest U.S. tobacco companies filed a lawsuit against the federal government.

In August 2011, however, four of the five largest U.S. tobacco companies filed a lawsuit against the federal government claiming that requiring the gnarly warnings to accompany their product will violate their free speech rights, cost millions of dollars to print, and require them to feature anti-smoking advocacy more prominently than their own brands.

When most people think of product liability lawsuits they often imagine faulty kitchen appliances, poor building materials (asbestos), or media - famous lawsuits like those against the tobacco industry and McDonald's.

With at least six Florida personal injury lawyers now facing unrelated criminal charges for defrauding auto insurers and the Sunshine State already in the running for this year's # 1 ranking among the nation's Judicial Hellholes, a panel of four federal judges last week imposed nearly $ 9.2 million in sanctions on two Jacksonville - based plaintiffs» firms for their shameless pursuit of more than 1,200 «frivolous and factually baseless lawsuits» against tobacco defendants... → Read More: Two Florida Firms» Fraudulent Tobacco Claims Draw Nearly $ 9.2 Million in Sanctions