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15 Apr 2008, 4:07 am
 Lorillard sought punitive damages, but they would only be awarded if compensatory damages were awarded. [read post]
4 Apr 2008, 4:53 am
., Lorillard Tobacco Co., Ligget Group, American Tobacco Co., Altria Group, and British American Tobacco; the underlying class action complaint alleged the tobacco companies duped smokers into believing that “light” cigarettes were less harmful to them. [read post]
2 Apr 2008, 2:41 pm
In 2006, Weinstein certified the putative class of 50 million plaintiffs (not a typo), which sought $800 billion in damages on a theory that cigarette makers — including Altria Group, Lorillard and R.J. [read post]
5 Feb 2008, 6:00 am
In In re Tobacco Cases II, 41 Cal.4th 1257 (2007), for example, the California Supreme Court held that the FCLAA preempted a UCL claim to the extent that it "seeks to impose on defendant tobacco companies a duty not to advertise in a way that could encourage minors to smoke," citing Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. [read post]
17 Dec 2007, 5:09 am
Loews Corporation, the diversified conglomerate, said Monday that its board of directors approved a plan to spin off Lorillard, the cigarette maker, as a separately traded company. [read post]
11 Oct 2007, 4:35 am
In a complaint (.pdf) filed Oct. 3 in an Ohio state court, Jack Kananian, Andreas’ former client, said he was forced to settle an asbestos suit against Lorillard Tobacco Co. at a discount because of “negligent professional misconduct” by Andreas. [read post]
5 Oct 2007, 11:46 am
Andreas also took a lot of heat for wearing a handwritten T-shirt to a deposition that said Lorillard Tobacco makes "killer smokes," something Andreas couldn't deny because his photo in the shirt appeared all over the Internet. [read post]
3 Aug 2007, 6:00 am
The Supreme Court determined that it was bound by Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. [read post]
2 Aug 2007, 10:58 am
As the United States Supreme Court made clear in Lorillard, supra, 533 U.S. 525, the FCLAA preempts any state law or cause of action that seeks to regulate cigarette advertising on that basis. [read post]
25 Jun 2007, 5:39 pm
Hanna's decision to disqualify the Brayton firm had little immediate impact, because the plaintiff's firm had already withdrawn from a suit against Lorillard Tobacco, the maker of Kent Cigarettes. [read post]
8 Feb 2007, 5:06 am
In this case, it's very hard to imagine a jury not finding against Lorillard, Corp. in an astounding case of defective marketing. [read post]
22 Jan 2007, 9:53 am
You won’t find a  more thorough analysis  of every factor in a cybersquatting  case than this on. — F.Supp.2d —-, 2007 WL 43747 (S.D.Ohio) United States District Court, S.D. [read post]
7 Dec 2006, 9:43 am
"All of us lawyers are closet authors and want to be Grisham or Thoreau (sic) [Turow]," he says.Some in-house lawyers who blog, like the hosts of Blawg Review #86 and Blawg Review #37, prefer to keep a really low profile in the blawgosphere.Hanna Hasl-Kelchner, associate GC of Greensboro, North Carolina -- based Lorillard Tobacco Company, is also a regular poster. [read post]