Saturday, December 1, 2012
Federal judge orders Philip Morris to admit to deceiving public
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Tuesday ordered [opinion, PDF] cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris, Inc. [corporate website] to issue public corrective statements after decades of concealing the health risks and addictive qualities of cigarette smoking. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] filed suit against the company in 1999 alleging violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) [Cornell LII backgrounder]. The court held in 2004 that...
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