Apr 12, 2005, 1:25 PM
HOWARD A. WILLARD III, the Senior Vice President, Youth Smoking Prevention and Corporate Responsibility at Philip Morris USA, took the stand after the morning break, and faced harsh questioning on how serious PM was about his department.
–PM has stocked the department with people–including top management and he himself–who came […]
“We believe in operating with integrity, trust and respect, both as individuals and as a company. We conduct ourselves within both the spirit and the letter of the law, regulations, agreements and policies that govern us. We are honest with one another and with our stakeholders, fully disclosing all appropriate information, and not just […]
Apr 10, 2005, 11:50 PM
On Friday, April 8, Judge Kessler denied Defendants’ request to serve subpoenas duces tecum (ie, for documents) on remedies witness Matt Myers and The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
The Defense badly erred last March 24 in court, when they represented they were requesting all they really needed in regards to […]
Apr 7, 2005, 8:19 PM.
Updated to reflect the fact that Thursday was Day 89, not 90, and Mr. Szymanczyk’s height is closer to 6′8″, not a measley 6′5″
DOJ attorney Sharon Eubanks is stuggling mightily to get PM USA CEO Michael Szymanczyk to admit that Philip Morris’ $100 Million/year corporate responsibility program is […]
Apr 6, 2005, 11:53 PM
Poor Dr. Kip Viscusi couldn’t get a break on the witness stand Wednesday. Even Defense’s own attorney, Lorillard’s Michael Minton, referred to rival Harvard professor Jon Hanson as ” Dr. Hanson.” By that time, however, Dr. Viscusi had calmed down and was able to take MR. Hanson’s elevation in professional status […]
Apr 6, 2005, 12:44 PM
DOJ attorney Elizabeth Crocker seems to be doing a good job of diminishing the impact of W. Kip Viscusi’s testimony on surveys concerning risk perception.
Dr. Viscusi is certainly the closest thing to a heavyweight the Defense has yet offered:
He is the John F. Cogan, Jr. Professor of Law and Economics at […]
“I am always amused by the suggestion that advertising, a function which has been shown to increase consumption with virtually every other product, somehow miraculously fails to work for tobacco products.” Emerson Foote, former president and chairman of the board of McCann-Erickson.
Apr 6, 2005, 12:44 PM
DOJ attorney Elizabeth Crocker seems to be doing a good job of diminishing the impact of W. Kip Viscusi’s testimony on surveys concerning risk perception.
Dr. Viscusi is certainly the closest thing to a heavyweight the Defense has yet offered:
He is the John F. Cogan, Jr. Professor of Law and Economics at […]
Apr 4, 2005, 5:05 PM
It may be a short day tomorrow. Dr. Richard J. Semenik will finish up within the first 1/2 hour, and then the court will address outstanding exhibit issues for perhaps 6 witnesses.
W. Kip Viscusi will testify Wednesday, and Mr. Szymanczyk on Thursday.
1. Vector Group CEO BENNETT LeBOW, on Liggett’s various settlements
2. Montana State University Dean RICHARD J. SEMENIK, Ph.D.,
3. Harvard Law School economist, W. KIP VISCUSI
4. Philip Morris USA Chairman and CEO MICHAEL SZYMANCZYK.