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12 Sep 2014, 7:04 am by Robert Kraft
” The Times says the news Tuesday that Reynolds American will buy Lorillard if US regulators approve, “highlighted how important e-cigarettes have become to the declining tobacco industry. [read post]
26 Aug 2014, 3:15 pm by Amanda Traphagan
Reynolds, Brown & Williamson, and Lorillard – alleging that the Big Four engaged in misleading practices. [read post]
The company has no plans of slowing down production, as they’ve just recently announced a takeover of competitor Lorillard, evidence that R.J. [read post]
16 Jan 2014, 12:35 am by Jon Gelman
The companies involved in the case include Richmond-based Altria Group, owner of the biggest U.S. tobacco company, Philip Morris USA; No. 2 cigarette maker, R.J. [read post]
Then, in September, the Lorillard Tobacco Co. tried to appeal an award issued to the plaintiff in a wrongful death case. [read post]
4 Nov 2013, 8:57 pm
Decades later, Lorilland Tobacco faced numerous lawsuits because of the filter as did the company, Hollingsworth & Vose, that supplied the filter material containing the asbestos. [read post]
25 Oct 2013, 3:09 am by Jon Gelman
Yet that's precisely what Lorillard Tobacco did 60 years ago when it introduced Kent cigarettes, whose patented 'Micronite" filter contained a particularly virulent form of asbestos. [read post]
8 Sep 2013, 8:57 am by Jon Gelman
Today's post was shared by Legal Newsline and comes from legalnewsline.com MIAMI (Legal Newsline) — A Florida appeals court this week denied a tobacco company’s request for a new trial in a lawsuit brought against the company by the widow of a former smoker.RothenbergRothenbergAlso Wednesday, Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal upheld a $33 million award to the widow, Dorothy Alexander, saying the damages were not excessive.After a three-week trial,… [read post]
6 Aug 2013, 6:09 am by Gregory Dell
Duncan against Hartford and Lorillard Tobacco Company, raises questions as to 1) when is it proper to seek an award for past and future disability benefits when a case is remanded back to the disability insurance company to conduct a full and fair review of the claim, and 2) under what circumstances will a court award a claimant attorney’s fees and costs? [read post]
6 Aug 2013, 5:09 am by Gregorgy Dell
Duncan against Hartford and Lorillard Tobacco Company, raises questions as to 1) when is it proper to seek an award for past and future disability benefits when a case is remanded back to the disability insurance company to conduct a full and fair review of the claim, and 2) under what circumstances will a court award a claimant attorney’s fees and costs? [read post]
29 Jun 2013, 4:03 pm
Altria, which owns Philip Morris USA, the Number 1 tobacco company in the U.S., recently announced plans for its own e-cigarette, and Lorillard, the Number 3 U.S. tobacco company, plans to spend $40 million this year to promote its own e-cigarette brand, “Blu. [read post]
28 Nov 2012, 11:59 am by Keri S. Bruce
On November 27, 2012, a federal judge ordered tobacco companies Phillip Morris USA, RJ Reynolds Tobacco, and Lorillard Tobacco, to publish corrective advertising statements that (i) say a federal court found that they lied about the dangers of smoking and (ii) disclose negative facts about smoking, including about smoking's negative health effects; the addictiveness of smoking; the lack of significant health benefits from cigarettes marked “low… [read post]