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Judge's Jurisdiction Over Tobacco Racketeering Case Affirmed By D.C. Circuit
Posted on 27 Jul 2012 by Michael Lefkowitz

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A District of Columbia federal judge's continued jurisdiction over a 13-year-old racketeering case against Big Tobacco stemming from the companies' concealment of the risks of tobacco use was affirmed July 27 by the District... Read More

Tags: District of Columbia Circuit , Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act , RICO , Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act , Judge Gladys Kessler , District of Columbia , racketeering , United States of America v. Philip Morris USA , Litigation , tobacco

Challenge To Health Care Reform Act Based On Religious Beliefs Dismissed
Posted on 23 Feb 2011 by Cheryl Keely

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) A District of Columbia federal judge on Feb. 22 dismissed a challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), finding that Congress did not exceed its power in enacting the individual mandate provision... Read More

Tags: Medicare , Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act , Commerce Clause , religious freedom , social security , Kenneth Ruffo , Judge Gladys Kessler , Health Insurance , Charles Edward Lee , Margaret Peggy Lee Mead , unemployment tax , Susan Seven-Sky , PPACA , Gina Rodriquez , Litigation , Insurance , Religious Freedom Restoration Act , Margaret Peggy Lee Mead v. Eric H. Holder Jr. , Congress

U.S. High Court Won't Review RICO Fraud Remedies In Tobacco Cases
Posted on 29 Jun 2010 by Gerald C. Matics

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court declined June 28 to review an appellate decision upholding most of the remedies imposed on the tobacco industry by the federal judge who found it liable for a decades-long pattern of fraud and deception... Read More

Tags: R.J. Reynolds , Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations , Lorillard , Philip Morris , RICO , Altria , personal injury , cigarettes , American Lung Association , Judge Gladys Kessler , light , American Cancer Society , smoking , tar , Litigation , Tobacco-Free Kids Action , lawsuit , British American Tobacco , Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights , National African American Tobacco Prevention Network , nicotine , U.S. Supreme Court , American Heart Association , torts , tobacco