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ChooseTheHero.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
... The donors include more than 60 associations, trade groups and companies, including tobacco giants Altria Group Inc. and Lorillard Tobacco Company, Pfizer Inc. and Exxon Mobil Corp. Participants in the group’s Corporate Affiliates Program also include mortgage lender Freddie Mac, which was taken over by the federal government last year, and General Motors Corp., which is among...
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Red State (Free subscription) | yesterday
... The donors include more than 60 associations, trade groups and companies, including tobacco giants Altria Group Inc. and Lorillard Tobacco Company, Pfizer Inc. and Exxon Mobil Corp. Participants in the group’s Corporate Affiliates Program also include mortgage lender Freddie Mac, which was taken over by the federal government last year, and General Motors Corp., which is among...
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Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Altria Group Inc. said Tuesday it has completed its $10.4 billion acquisition of UST Inc., after the deal for the smokeless-tobacco maker was put off in October at the request of the company's lenders.
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inFlightHQ (Free subscription) | 30/12/2008
In todays Wall Street Journal, reporter Joann S. Lublin provides us with a piece titled Claiborne’s CEO Crams Into Coach to Cut Costs. Seems quite appropriate for a blog titled InFlighHQ. Lublin describes how in these times of financial distress, more and more CEOs are flying coach. Twenty-eight U.S. companies, from Altria Group Inc. to [...]
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How Appealing (Free subscription) | 24/12/2008
"Altria Ruling Ignites Legal Moves; Effort to Reopen Multibillion-Dollar Case Promises to Gain Fresh Life": Brent Kendall of Dow Jones Newswires has an article that begins, "The Supreme Court's ruling last week allowing smokers in Maine to sue Altria Group...
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Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 22/12/2008
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court's ruling last week allowing smokers in Maine to sue Altria Group Inc.'s Philip Morris unit for allegedly deceptive advertising of "light" cigarettes already is prompting new legal activity, including an effort to revive a multibillion-dollar case against the tobacco company that had been thrown out.
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VitaBeat (Free subscription) | 17/12/2008
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that smokers can sue a cigarette manufacturer for deceptive advertising under state laws. The court's justices voted 5-4 on Monday to allow Maine smokers to proceed with their case against Altria Group Inc., owner of Philip Morris USA, on grounds that federal law does not supersede state laws on labeling and advertising.
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 15/12/2008
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Philip Morris USA, a unit of Altria Group Inc. , said Monday that it views light cigarette lawsuits against the company as "manageable." Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court ruled that lawsuits over deceptive marketing of light cigarettes by tobacco companies could proceed. "While we had hoped for a dismissal based upon federal preemption, it is important...
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Law Blog (Free subscription) | 16/12/2008
Today’s Supreme Court ruling on preemption, Altria Group Inc. v. Good, represented the second of three opinions to be issued by the Court on the topic. In the first, Riegel v. Medtronic Inc., which came down in February, the Court ruled 8-1 that federal medical-device regulations preempt state product liability suits unless theres a parallel FDA violation. (Click here for that...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 15/12/2008
CHICAGO, Dec. 15 IL-7Summits-ReleasesCHICAGO /PRNewswire/ -- Seven Summits Research releases NewsBites
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Today's Seven Summits Strategic Investments NewsBites cover the following
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 16/12/2008
... recent anti-consumer rulings that limited state regulation of business in favor of federal power. Altria Group Inc. argued on behalf of its Philip Morris USA subsidiary that the lawsuits are barred by the federal cigarette labeling law, which forbids states from regulating any aspect of cigarette advertising that involves smoking and health. Justice John Paul Stevens, however, said...
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ABC News (Free subscription) | 15/12/2008
... recent anti-consumer rulings that limited state regulation of business in favor of federal power.Altria Group Inc. argued on behalf of its Philip Morris USA subsidiary that the lawsuits are barred by the federal cigarette labeling law, which forbids states from regulating any aspect of cigarette advertising that involves smoking and health.Justice John Paul Stevens, however, said...
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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 15/12/2008
... that smoking light and low-tar cigarettes had on respondents' health."Three Maine residents sued Altria Group Inc. and its Philip Morris USA Inc. subsidiary under the state's law against unfair marketing practices. The class-action claim represents all smokers of Marlboro Lights or Cambridge Lights cigarettes, both made by Philip Morris.The lawsuit argues that the company knew...
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 15/12/2008
Three Maine residents sued Altria Group Inc. and its Philip Morris USA Inc. subsidiary under the state's law against unfair marketing practices. The class-action claim represents all smokers of Marlboro Lights or Cambridge Lights cigarettes, both made by Philip Morris.
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 15/12/2008
... recent anti-consumer rulings that limited state regulation of business in favor of federal power. Altria Group Inc. argued on behalf of its Philip Morris USA subsidiary that the lawsuits are barred by the federal cigarette labeling law, which forbids states from regulating any aspect of cigarette advertising that involves smoking and health.Justice John Paul Stevens, however, said...
