The Intersection Among Torts, Science, Corporate Law, Insurance & Bankruptcy
Tobacco smoking creates enormous amounts of disease and expense. The ACS and others estimate the annual global cost at $ 1.5 trillion – that’s annually. So, Russia is now planning a series of actions to reduce smoking, including tax increases and banning smoking in various public places. One wonders – will tobacco litigation follow ?
From Canada and Japan: Yet Another Mass Tort Bankruptcy, and Possible Fraudulent Conveyance: Big Tob
A tobacco company is the latest entity to use bankruptcy to try to limit its obligations for a mass tort. This instance, however, is different because the bankruptcy is in Canada, ownership of the tob
The $15 billion or so Quebec class action verdict in Canada against tobacco companies was upheld late on Friday in a 440 page opinion, in French. It will interesting to watch the reactions of stock ma
Trial has finally arrived for the long-pending and much litigated Donovan class action against big tobacco in federal court in Massachusetts. For big tobacco, delay apparently is perceived as a frien