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Atlanta Court Ruling Another Sign Tobacco Lawsuits Subsiding

A little-noticed ruling by three federal judges may have tipped the scales in favor of the tobacco industry’s bid to put decades of smoker lawsuits behind it. The appeals court panel in Atlanta said individual smokers, already blocked from suing …

Court Reinstates $10.1 Billion Tobacco Award; Philip Morris to Appeal

Altria Group’s Philip Morris USA unit is again liable for a $10.1 billion award in a lawsuit accusing it of deceiving smokers about the nature of its light and low-tar tobacco products, an Illinois appeals court ruled. A three-judge panel …