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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Supreme Court overturns 8th Circuit on cigarette case]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4181/is_20070612/ai_n19291509]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Tobacco giant Philip Morris Cos. lost federal court jurisdiction in a lawsuit challenging the design and promotion of the company's light cigarettes - a decision that could reach beyond the tobacco industry.   On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court said Philip Morris couldn't use the federal officer removal statute...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Appeal looks to dismiss $10 billion verdict based on Illinois]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4181/is_20070514/ai_n19113970]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In sports, errors by game officials often are reversed in the name of fair play.   A St. Louis lawyer is asking the Illinois 5th District Appellate Court whether that kind of instant replay applies to apparent errors in a court of law, even months after a case has...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[St. Louis lawyer attempting to revive Phillip Morris lawsuit]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In sports, errors by game officials often are reversed in the name of fair play.   A St. Louis lawyer is asking the Illinois 5th District Appellate Court whether that kind of instant replay applies to apparent errors in a court of law, even months after a case has...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Philip Morris USA's Cigarette Promotional and Brand Advertising Spending Decreases 15% from 2003 to 2005]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_April_26/ai_n27217451]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[RICHMOND, Va. -- Philip Morris USA's spending on cigarette promotions and brand advertising decreased 15 percent from 2003 through 2005. The company's spending was submitted in response to the Federal Trade Commission's FTC annual request for advertising and promotions expenditures. The FTC requested data for 2004 and 2005 and today...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Preemption still shielding tobacco companies from liability.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6658/is_200703/ai_n26577631]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Justice sued Philip Morris and other major  tobacco companies in federal court in the late 1990s for violating the  RICO statute by intentionally defrauding the American public through  their marketing practices. The government alleged that the companies had  sold cigarettes as "light," "ultra...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[$10.1 billion award in 'light' cigarette case snuffed out]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Illinois Supreme Court's recent decision overturning a $10.1 billion verdict in a class action filed by smokers of light cigarettes has handed a big victory to the tobacco industry.    Rather than pursuing damages with a traditional product liability claim, the plaintiffs filed suit under a state...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cigarette marketing reaches new high.(INDUSTRY NEWS)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a report issued by the Federal Trade Commission in  August, tobacco companies have more than doubled their cigarette  marketing campaigns, although the amount of cigarettes being sold has  declined.     The Financial Times reported that the FTC report said tobacco  companies...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tobacco class action allowed to stay in federal court]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This article originally ran in the St. Louis Daily Record, St. Louis, MO, another Dolan Media publication.)   A class-action lawsuit filed in Arkansas against tobacco giant Philip Morris belongs in federal court because the company's method of testing the amount of tar and nicotine in its light cigarettes...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tobacco class action allowed to stay in federal court]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4185/is_20050830/ai_n14912347]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A class-action lawsuit filed in Arkansas against tobacco giant Philip Morris belongs in federal court because the company's method of testing the amount of tar and nicotine in its light cigarettes was directed by the Federal Trade Commission, said the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.   The panel...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tobacco class action allowed to stay in federal court]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5943/is_200508/ai_n24016031]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A class-action lawsuit filed in Arkansas against tobacco giant Philip Morris belongs in federal court because the company's method of testing the amount of tar and nicotine in its light cigarettes was directed by the Federal Trade Commission, said the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.The panel decision was unanimous,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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