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$800 Billion Up in Smoke: Court Throws Out Massive Class Action on Light Cigarettes

By jonathanturley

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The tobacco industry won a major appeal today when the Second Circuit threw out an $800 billion class-action lawsuit based on allegedly misleading light cigarettes ads. While light or low-tar cigarettes have proven the most promising area of litigation for plaintiffs, there is a strong trend against massive class actions. The class action sought to [...]

Full post as published by Res ipsa loquitur on April 04, 2008 (boomark / email).

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