Comments on: DOJ Files Remedies Request http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2005/06/28/doj-files-remedies-request/ Blogging U.S. vs. Philip Morris, Inc. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:25:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: tobacco observer http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2005/06/28/doj-files-remedies-request/#comment-567 tobacco observer Wed, 29 Jun 2005 02:21:12 +0000 http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2005/06/28/doj-files-remedies-request/#comment-567 Section V on "prohibited practices" is pretty good, but most of these remedy requests are a legal joke. Its as if the DOJ hasn't even seen the DCCA's decision on disgorgement, nor heard Judge Kesslers admonition to adhere to it. EG: What the heck does prohibiting Rum-flavored cigarettes have to do with RICO violations? Since when does a Federal Judge have the authority to do that anyway? Judge Kessler already said she had serious problems with many of these requests. Now let's see how she responds to Tobacco's inevitable motion to have them all tossed out as legally unsupportable. Section V on “prohibited practices” is pretty good, but most of these remedy requests are a legal joke. Its as if the DOJ hasn’t even seen the DCCA’s decision on disgorgement, nor heard Judge Kesslers admonition to adhere to it.

EG: What the heck does prohibiting Rum-flavored cigarettes have to do with RICO violations? Since when does a Federal Judge have the authority to do that anyway?

Judge Kessler already said she had serious problems with many of these requests. Now let’s see how she responds to Tobacco’s inevitable motion to have them all tossed out as legally unsupportable.

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