Class Action

"Activist involved in landmark Supreme Court speech rights case dies"
"Activist involved in landmark Supreme Court speech rights case dies": Today's edition of The Columbia Missourian contains an article that begins, "Lorena Jeanne Tinker, a peace and civil rights activist, made it her mission to change what she could and chronicle what she couldn't...

OFFICER DOWN-Richmond CA. www.privateofficer.com
OFFICER DOWN-Richmond CA. www.privateofficer.com Richmond CA. OCT 7 2008 A Richmond police officer was taken off life support this morning, three days after he crashed his car on a rain-slicked road while responding to a call...

Rachel King, 45, anti-death penalty activist
Rachel King, 45, anti-death penalty activist By Daily Hampshire Gazette Created 08/27/2008 - 09:23 Rachel Carol King, 45, of Washington, D.C., formerly of Northampton, died Monday, Aug...

Activist Lorena Jeanne Tinker, Involved in Landmark Supreme Court Rights Case, Dies at 86
Activist Lorena Jeanne Tinker, Involved in Landmark Supreme Court Rights Case, Dies at 86 :: Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District

Veto Seems More Likely in Battle Over Tobacco Bill
The New York Times reports on the tobacco legislation pending in Congress that will give the FDA regulatory authority over tobacco. Stephanie Saul writes, In its sharpest criticism yet of the tobacco legislation pending in Congress, the Bush administration has...

Another State Fuming
According to Tobacco.org, New Mexico is the latest state to arbitrate a dispute with Big Tobacco regarding their tobacco settlement payments. All 50 states settled with the tobacco companies in 1998, as such disputes must be resolved efficiently through arbitration, rather than court litigation...

Smokeless Tobacco Increases Risk of Stroke and Heart Attack
Smokeless Tobacco Increases Risk of Stroke and Heart Attack

NCAA Sued for Conspiracy and Anti-competitive Practices Related to Athletic Scholarships
NCAA Sued for Conspiracy and Anti-competitive Practices Related to Athletic Scholarships

Philip Morris
Jury Decides Against Big Tobacco

US Army Helicopter Crashes On Campus
1 Crew Member dies

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco
Facing Potential Class Action

Sea Star Agrees $18.5M Settlement in Anti-trust Class Action
Sea Star Agrees $18.5M Settlement in Anti-trust Class Action