March 23, 2005
Defense witness Dr. Peter P. Rowell, Associate Dean for Research and a Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, is a bit thin, with a small head. From the side, his small chin and sloping forehead seem to focus his face to the point of […]
March 24, 2005 3:34:47 PM
Judge Kessler has ruled inadmissable the 2005 study which found that the American Legacy Ad campaign helped reduce youth smoking — unless the Defendants are able to access the data upon which the study is based.
The study’s data comes from the massive University of Michigan Monitoring the Future study. Because […]
The Defense has “serious legal problems” with the Government’s list of remedies witnesses, B&W’s David Bernick said this moring. The Defendants want a “full and fair opportunity” to defend itself against the governments’ new remedies witnesses and new witness testimonies. Mr. Bernick complained about a last-minute remedy costing $120 billion. The Defense wants a […]
EXCERPT
Simply put, as long as executives and managers are rewarded for increasing market share and for increasing profit, while not being rewarded for stopping misconduct, accepted theories of behavioral decision research lead to the conclusion that the same conduct of the executives and managers of the defendants alleged to be wrongful will continue.
32. My […]
EXCERPT
In this report, I have developed a remedy to reduce actions by tobacco manufacturers that attract youth to smoking. This outcome-based remedy provides a strong financial incentive to manufacturers to reduce youth use of their product, by charging each manufacturer an assessment at least as large as the money they would make from attracting a […]
Text of PDF file of Fiore Expert Report follows:
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Expert Report of Michael C Fiore M.D. M.P.H.
1. My name is Michael C. Fiore. Jam a Professor of Medicine and the Director of the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention at the University of Wisconsin Medical School in Madison, Wisconsin. I founded and have served as […]
Text of PDF file of Eriksen Supplemental Disclosure follows:
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
PHILIP MORRIS USA INC.,
f/k/a PHILIP MORRIS INC., et al.,
Defendants.
Civil Action No. v. : 99-2496 (GK)
Next scheduled appearance: Trial (ongoing)
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UNITED STATES’ EXPERT SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE
FOR MICHAEL ERIKSEN, Sc.D.
Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. […]
3/21/05 7:27 pm
The 4 DOJ filings include the Expert Reports of Michael Fiore and Jonathan Gruber, plus the supplemental disclosure of “other materials considered in support of his conclusions” of Michael Eriksen.
Oh yeah. And a 47-page submission from someone named Max Brazerman . . . .
More to come.
PDF FILE: 050223jdwitnesslist.pdf [To be posted shortly]
Tobacco companies posted their witness list Wednesday evening, along with the order they expect to call them. The Joint Defense asserted in its filing that the order may well change should Judge Kessler grant the DOJ’s request to change its witness list pending a decision on its request on […]
The Joint Defense filed its latest witness list last Monday, March 14, 2005. The only apparent change is Fact Witness Bryan K. Stockdale (RJR Vice President of Retail and Wholesale Trade Marketing in 1988) has been dropped. He may have been to called to testify about RJR’s objections to Philip Morris’ “Retail Masters” program.
The […]