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Federal court rejects Abu Ghraib detainees' lawsuit against contractors
September 12, 2009
[JURIST] A federal appeals court on Friday rejected [opinion, PDF] a lawsuit brought against private contractors by Iraqi plaintiffs alleging torture at the Abu Ghraib prison [JURIST news archive]. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia [official website] held that federal law concerni....... [more] 
Tobacco companies file lawsuit claiming new federal regulations violate First Amendment
September 1, 2009
[JURIST] Several US tobacco companies, including R.J. Reynolds and Lorillard [corporate websites], filed a federal lawsuit [complaint, PDF] Monday challenging a new tobacco regulation law on First Amendment grounds. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Western District of Kentucky [of....... [more]
Obama signs tobacco regulation bill
June 23, 2009
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official website] on Monday signed into law the Family Smoking and Tobacco Prevention Act [HR 1256 text], which grants the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) [official website] certain authority to regulate tobacco products. In remarks [transcript] delivered befor....... [more]
Congress gives final approval to tobacco regulation bill
June 12, 2009
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] on Friday approved the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act [HR 1256 materials], which attempts to safeguard the public by granting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) [official website] certain authority to regulate tobacco....... [more]
Supreme Court to hear Vioxx fraud case
May 26, 2009
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website] on Tuesday granted certiorari [orders list, PDF] in Merck & Co. v. Reynolds [docket; cert. petition, PDF], in which the Court will decide when the statute of limitations begins to run in a securities fraud case under the "inquiry notice" standard. Inv....... [more]
DC Circuit affirm rulings against deceptive tobacco marketing
May 22, 2009
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia [official website] on Friday affirmed [opinion, PDF] a district court ruling [JURIST report] that tobacco manufacturers conducted a scheme to deceive American consumers as to the health effects of their products through a pattern of mail....... [more]
Ninth Circuit upholds dismissal of suit against gun maker for 1999 shooting
May 13, 2009
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] held [opinion, PDF] Monday that tort claims against a federally licensed gun maker and gun dealer stemming from a 1999 California shooting must be dismissed under a federal statute enacted in 2005. The court concluded that Con....... [more]
House passes bill to give FDA tobacco regulating authority
April 2, 2009
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] passed a bill [H.R. 1256 text, PDF] Thursday that would give the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) [agency website] the authority to regulate the market for tobacco products. The bill, entitled the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco....... [more]
Supreme Court dismisses Philip Morris appeal of jury verdict
March 31, 2009
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday dismissed as improvidently granted the writ of certiorari in Philip Morris USA v. Williams [Cornell LII backgrounder; JURIST report]. The Court had originally granted certiorari to consider for a third time a $79.5 mill....... [more]
Supreme Court hears tobacco, federal claims cases
December 3, 2008
'[JURIST] The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in two cases. In Philip Morris USA v. Williams, the Court considered for a third time a$79.5 million punitive damages verdict against Philip Morris USA. The Court previously ruled that the....... [more]
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