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Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds hit by $40 million verdict in Florida this week

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Edward L. Sweda, Jr. or Mark Gottlieb 617-373-8462 or 617-373-2026 A Jacksonville, Florida jury this week assessed $34 million in punitive damages against tobacco giants Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. for their reprehensible misconduct in the case of Andy Allen v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., et al.  This award […]

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Journal of Public Health Policy Issues Call for Papers on Changing Food Industry Behavior

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The Journal of Public Health Policy’s Co-Editor, Anthony Robbins, and Editorial Board Member Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition at NYU, Marion Nestle, have recently issued a Call for Papers for the Journal in an editorial entitled: Obesity as Collateral Damage: A call for papers on the Obesity Epidemic. We at PHAI encourage colleagues in the

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$17.3 million verdict against Lorillard in Jacksonville, FL

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Edward L. Sweda, Jr. or Mark Gottlieb (617)373-8462 or (617)373-2026 A jury awarded the family of a smoker who died of lung cancer in 1994 at the age of 63 a total of $6 million in compensatory damages. The jury assessed Lorillard Tobacco Company 65% responsibility for the death of Jacqueline Miller

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Arkansas State Consumer Protection Profile

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Which state consumer protection provisions could be used to protect consumers from junk food marketing? The Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (“ADTPA”) generally prohibits unconscionable, false and deceptive trade practices. Ark. Code §§ 4-88-107. It is unlawful to “[k]nowingly making a false representation as to the characteristics, ingredients, uses, benefits, alterations, source, sponsorship, approval, or

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Arizona State Consumer Protection Profile

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Download the Arizona State Consumer Protection Profile Which state consumer protection provisions could be used to protect consumers from junk food marketing? Arizona’s Consumer Fraud Act (“CFA”) prohibits “[t]he act, use or employment by any person of any deception, deceptive act or practice, fraud, false pretense, false promise, misrepresentation, or concealment, suppression or omission of

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Alaska State Consumer Protection Profile

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Download full Alaska State Consumer Protection Profile Which state consumer protection provisions could be used to protect consumers from junk food marketing? Alaska’s Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act (“UTPCPA”) is modeled off of the Federal Trade Commission Act (“FTCA”). In general it prohibits \”[u]nfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or

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Future of Obesity Litigation Panel Featuring PHAI’s Gottlieb and CSPI’s Gardner Airs and Is Available Online

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On January 21, 2011, Northeastern University Law Journal sponsored its third annual symposium.  This year, it was entitled “From Seed to Stomach,” and addressed legal and regulatory aspects of obesity and food safety.  The symposium was recorded for broadcast by CSPAN, which aired the material from February 25-28, 2011. PHAI’s Executive Director, Mark Gottlieb, along

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Alabama State Consumer Protection Profile

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Download the full Alabama State Consumer Protection Profile Which state consumer protection provisions could be used to protect kids from junk food marketing? The Alabama Deceptive Trade Practices Act (“DTPA”) prohibits deceptive acts including: The DTPA also contains a catch-all provision that prohibits “[e]ngaging in any other unconscionable, false, misleading, or deceptive act or practice

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Florida Jury Returns Multi-Million Verdict Against Tobacco Companies

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Edward L. Sweda (617-373-8462) or Mark Gottlieb (617-373-2026) A jury in Gainesville, Florida today assessed punitive damages in the amount of $1.5 million against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (RJR) and another $1.5 million against Philip Morris (PM) in an Engle Progeny case. The same jury on Tuesday night awarded the family

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PHAI’s Gottlieb Supports Smoke-Free Parks in Cambridge Chronicle Guest Commentary

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On February 21, 2011, the local Cambridge newspaper, the Cambridge Chronicle, published a guest opinion piece by PHAI’s executive director supporting efforts to prohibit smoking in public parks in that city.  A similar proposal is pending in Boston and New York City passed one earlier this month. Gottlieb’s commentary can be seen here.  He mentions

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