As a manufacturer of tobacco products who did not participate in the 1998 settlement with other tobacco companies, plaintiff must pay into an escrow account required by G.S. § 66-291. Plaintiff alleges that it has paid more than required into ...
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Like the noxious vapors left behind by a passing smoker, the litigation between R.J. Reynolds Tobacco and 3,500 of its current and former employees has lingered longer than anyone would have liked. But the protracted dispute might finally be close ...
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In what is being called an unprecedented move, Chief Judge James Gale of the North Carolina Business Court is “urging” the state Supreme Court to accept a case because it raises significant questions that have the potential to affect North ...
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Read More »There are a few simple principles for savvy investing. One is that it’s crucial to diversify your assets—holding a broad share of the stock market is a much safer bet than buying lots of stock in any one company. Second, ...
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Read More »J.O.C. Farms, LLC v. Rural Community Insurance Agency, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-02-0904, 22 pp.) (James Dever III, C.J.) 4:12-cv-00186; E.D.N.C. Holding: Where all of the underlying administrative decisions at least implicitly found that plaintiff’s tobacco crop was damaged by ...
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Read More »PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A jury in Florida’s Panhandle has awarded $34 million to the family of a man who died of lung cancer 15 years after he quit smoking. The lawsuit filed by Garry O’Hara’s widow and children against R.J. ...
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Read More »Odom v. Kelly (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-16-0785, 19 pp.) (Linda Stephens, J.) Appealed from Wake County Superior Court (Kendra Hill, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Although a promissory note gives the borrower discretion as to when to make payments, the ...
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Read More »RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Raising the legal age to buy tobacco to higher than 18 would likely prevent premature death for hundreds of thousands of people, according to a report issued Thursday by the Institute of Medicine. The report examines ...
Read More »The Food and Drug Administration can't use an advisory panel's 2011 report on menthol cigarettes because its members had conflicts of interest, a federal judge ruled Monday.
Read More »A Kentucky-based tobacco company that makes Golden Harvest, Millennium and Red Buck cigars is asking a judge to prevent the government from taking its equipment to settle a disputed $3 million tax bill.
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