Part 1 of this line of posts provides an introduction to a valuable resource for seeing the global tobacco litigation mosaic. The...

Yesterday’s post noted the latest chapter in big tobacco’s many losses in smoking litigation in Florida regarding individual cancers and...

Big tobacco took another hit in Florida as the state supreme court refused to hear an appeal from an intermediate appellate court...

Smoking imposes a staggering human and financial toll through the cancers it causes. Less well defined and known are the human and...

Some "conservatives" decry "activist" judges who take the law into their own hands. For example, here, Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah...

The tobacco wars have moved another couple of steps. A new AmLaw article by Susan Beck covers 1) a Florida appellate court affirming a $...

Update on November 1 post: Big tobacco’s winning streak came to an abrupt end. As explained below, outcomes vary for tort trials, and...

Last week brought new insights into the global tobacco wars. The insights are contained in information from four sources: 1) the US Food...

Tobacco sales continue today thanks to "big tobacco" long ago obtaining federal law preemption against most product liability claims. The...

I’m setting aside James Hardie and Australia for a few days. News on Friday provides a great springboard for some comments in the same...

An article is here regarding a tobacco suit in Japan http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/22/AR2010012203301.html...

One of the best books I read last year was Nudge by Profs. Thaler and Sunstein, so I try to follow their ongoing Nudge blog. A post this...