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USA v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, et al

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1:99-cv-02496

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District Of Columbia

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Other Statutory Actions

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Paul L. Friedman

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  1. July 28, 2022

    Judge Mulls Feds', Tobacco Cos.' Decree On Health Warnings

    A D.C. federal judge on Thursday lauded the federal government and tobacco companies including Philip Morris USA and R.J. Reynolds for reaching an agreement they condensed into a proposed consent decree to resolve litigation over tobacco warnings that has lasted more than two decades.

  2. May 04, 2022

    Feds And Tobacco Cos. Agree On Retail Health Warnings

    Tobacco companies, including Philip Morris USA and R.J. Reynolds, and the federal government told a D.C. federal judge on Tuesday that they had come to an agreement over point-of-sale warnings about the health effects of tobacco, the latest development in decades of litigation over tobacco warnings.

  3. March 19, 2021

    COVID Muddles Tobacco Cos. Health Warning Dispute

    A D.C. federal judge and attorneys for the government and major tobacco companies and retailers were at a standoff Friday over whether the trial court should conduct a looming evidentiary hearing in their decades-long clash over health warnings on tobacco packages in person or virtually.

  4. September 18, 2020

    US Says Philip Morris Not Exempt From Tobacco Warnings

    The federal government and health groups are pushing back against Philip Morris USA Inc.'s bid to get its HeatSticks cigarettes exempt from a 2018 order requiring corrective warning labels, saying the request is far too broad given the facts of the case.

  5. April 25, 2018

    Tobacco Cos. Settle Long-Running Health Warning Dispute

    Major tobacco companies and the federal government on Wednesday told a D.C. federal judge they have agreed on language for “corrective statements” on tobacco product websites and packaging, ordered more than a decade ago to remedy misleading statements by the companies.

  6. February 08, 2016

    Judge Says Big Tobacco's Disclosure Challenge 'Ridiculous'

    A federal judge in D.C. admonished tobacco giants including Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds on Monday over their challenge to the latest public health warning disclosure statements that the court had ordered them to make after the U.S. government accused them of racketeering over their past advertising of cigarettes.

  7. September 21, 2015

    DC Judge Limits Tobacco Health Claim Ban to US

    A D.C. federal judge on Monday updated the language of a 2006 court order banning Philip Morris USA Inc. and other cigarette makers from using health descriptor language on the packaging or advertising of cigarettes, after the ban was partially overruled by the D.C. Circuit in 2009.

  8. June 30, 2015

    Get Moving On Cig Warnings, Judge Tells Big Tobacco

    A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday balked at Phillip Morris USA Inc. and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.'s request to mediate the final tweaks to cigarette warnings, stressing the importance of avoiding more delays in the federal government's long-running case.

  9. June 19, 2014

    Retailers Say Confessional Cig Ads Strip Free-Speech Rights

    The confessional advertisements that the three largest U.S. tobacco companies would have to display in retail stores as part of their agreement with the federal government violate retailers' First Amendment rights to not display government-sponsored messages against their will, retailers told a D.C. federal court Thursday.

  10. June 03, 2014

    Big Tobacco Wins Approval For Confessional Ad Plan

    The three largest U.S. tobacco companies won approval Monday of an accord with the federal government on how to disseminate advertisements that admit to their deceiving the public about cigarettes' health risks, defeating objections from youth- and minority-focused television networks that wanted to run the ads.

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