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	<title>Tobacco On Trial</title>
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	<description>Blogging U.S. vs. Philip Morris, Inc.</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>DOJ Appeal: COURTROOM MINUTES OF ORAL ARGUMENT April 20, 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2012/04/28/doj-appeal-courtroom-minutes-of-oral-argument-april-20-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Borio</dc:creator>
		
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EXCERPT:
United States of America, United States Department of Justice, et al., 
Appellees 
v. 
Philip Morris USA Inc., Formerly known as Philip Morris Incorporated, et al., 
Appellants 
American Tobacco Company, Directly and as Successor to the tobacco interest of AMERICAN BRANDS, INC., et al., 
Appellees 
BEFORE: 
Chief Judge Sentelle, Circuit Judge Brown, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Appeal: &#8220;We&#8217;re in New Territory Here&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2012/04/10/fda-appeal-were-in-new-territory-here/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2012/04/10/fda-appeal-were-in-new-territory-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Borio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A surprisingly small crowd showed up at the DC courthouse to hear the government&#8217;s Appeal of U.S. District Judge Richard Leon&#8217;s Feb. 29 ruling striking down the FDA&#8217;s 9 proposed warning labels developed in accord with 2009&#8217;s Tobacco Control Act. 
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids&#8217; Matt Myers was there, as well as USA v. Philip Morris [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kessler Orders Tobacco to Clean Up MN Documents and File Privilege Log for Those Removed</title>
		<link>http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2012/04/09/kessler-orders-tobacco-to-clean-up-mn-documents-and-file-privilege-log-for-those-removed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2012/04/09/kessler-orders-tobacco-to-clean-up-mn-documents-and-file-privilege-log-for-those-removed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 22:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Borio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The PDF is  Here
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
v.
PHILIP MORRIS USA INC., et al.,
Defendants.
Civil Action No. 99-2496 (GK)
ORDER #30-Remand
On December 29, 2011, in Order 29-Remand [Dkt. No. 5962], the Court ordered a temporary halt to all removals of documents available to the public at the Minnesota Depository. Since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NOTICE OF MINNESOTA DEPOSITORY MOVE</title>
		<link>http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2012/03/16/notice-of-minnesota-depository-move/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2012/03/16/notice-of-minnesota-depository-move/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Borio</dc:creator>
		
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EXCERPT:
The undersigned Defendants hereby give notice that the Minnesota Depository will be moving to accommodate expansion and provide improved office space. The current address of the Depository is 1021 10th Avenue, S.E., Hennepin Business Center, Minneapolis, MN 55414. The Depository will be moving to the Westgate Business Center II, 1045 Westgate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DOJ Appeal:  FINAL BRIEF FOR THE PLAINTIFF-INTERVENORS  TOBACCO-FREE KIDS ACTION FUND, et al. March 12, 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2012/03/15/doj-appeal-final-brief-for-the-plaintiff-intervenors-tobacco-free-kids-action-fund-et-al-march-12-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2012/03/15/doj-appeal-final-brief-for-the-plaintiff-intervenors-tobacco-free-kids-action-fund-et-al-march-12-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Borio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The PDF is  Here
EXCERPT:
SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT
Defendants’ latest efforts to avoid the findings and remedies in this case must fail.
1. The Tobacco Control Act does not render this lawsuit moot.
Defendants present no facts demonstrating that they have ceased their unlawful practices, which continue. To the contrary, the new statute expressly provides that it does not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DOJ Appeal: FINAL BRIEF FOR APPELLEE March 12, 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2012/03/15/doj-appeal-final-brief-for-appellee-march-12-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2012/03/15/doj-appeal-final-brief-for-appellee-march-12-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Borio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The PDF is  Here
EXCERPT:
SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT
The district court found that defendants violated RICO by conducting an enterprise, through a pattern of racketeering activity consisting of violations of federal mail and wire fraud statutes, as part of a scheme to defraud American consumers about the health effects and addictiveness of cigarettes. The court further found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DOJ Appeal: APPELLANTS’ OPENING BRIEF FINAL VERSION March 12, 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2012/03/15/doj-appeal-appellants%e2%80%99-opening-brief-final-version-march-12-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2012/03/15/doj-appeal-appellants%e2%80%99-opening-brief-final-version-march-12-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Borio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The PDF is  Here
EXCERPT:
SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT
The FDA Act extinguished the district court’s jurisdiction to issue, and continue to enforce, forward-looking injunctive relief against Defendants—which is the only relief that the Government can even potentially recover under Section 1964(a) of RICO. Accordingly, this Court should reverse the district court’s order and remand with instructions to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012-03-05 RJR v FDA: FDA&#8217;s NOTICE OF APPEAL</title>
		<link>http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2012/03/06/2012-03-05-fdas-notice-of-appeal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2012/03/06/2012-03-05-fdas-notice-of-appeal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Borio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The PDF is  Here
EXCERPT:
NOTICE OF APPEAL
All defendants (the United States Food and Drug Administration, Margaret Hamburg, and Kathleen Sebelius) appeal from the Court’s summary judgment order and accompanying memorandum of February 29, 2012, docket numbers 58 and 59. Appeal from this judgment includes any and all orders antecedent and ancillary thereto, including any and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012-03-06 RJR v FDA DOCKET</title>
		<link>http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2012/03/06/2012-03-06-rjr-v-fda-docket/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2012/03/06/2012-03-06-rjr-v-fda-docket/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Borio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Date Filed 	#	Docket Text
03/05/2012	60 	NOTICE OF APPEAL as to 59 Order on Motion for Summary Judgment,,,,,,, 58 Memorandum &#038; Opinion by MARGARET A. HAMBURG, UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, KATHLEEN G. SEBELIUS. Fee Status: No Fee Paid. Parties have been notified. (Cutini, Drake) (Entered: 03/05/2012)
03/06/2012	61 	Transmission of the Notice of Appeal, Order Appealed, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012-02-29 RJR v FDA Order</title>
		<link>http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2012/02/29/2012-02-29-rjr-v-fda-order/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2012/02/29/2012-02-29-rjr-v-fda-order/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 04:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Borio</dc:creator>
		
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EXCERPT:
For the reasons set forth in Plaintiffs&#8217; Memorandum of Law in Support of Plaintiffs&#8217; Motion for Summary Judgment, and based on the Court&#8217;s review of both parties&#8217; arguments and the agency record, it is this  day of February, 2012 hereby
ORDERED that Plaintiffs&#8217; Motion for Summary Judgment [Dkt. #101 is GRANTED; [...]]]></description>
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