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Tobacco Litigation Intensifies for Altria
Todd Sullivan (August 26th, 2007) Writes:
The litigation environment surrounding tobacco has not been this good in almost 20 years. Altria (MO) will take advantage of this to announce the PMI spin at the upcoming board meeting Aug. 29th.
The Illinois Supreme Court ordered a lower-court judge to stop pestering them for permission to reopen a failed lawsuit against Philip Morris USA over the company’s light cigarettes because he did not like the outcome.
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