Sentences with phrase «penalties against the tobacco»
This Workshop was conceived by history professor Naomi Oreskes, who was obsessed with prosecuting fossil fuel producers with the same legal tools successfully used to win billions of dollars in penalties against the tobacco industry.
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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.