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		<title>RJR v. FDA Hearing Feb. 1, 2012&#8211;FDA chooses to demur</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BACKGROUND:
On Sept. 21, 2011, oral argument was held in the United States District Court in Washington on RJR, et.al.&#8217;s request for a preliminary injunction against the FDA&#8217;s Final Rule, which mandated graphic warning labels. The FDA had been given the power to change the labels by the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2012/02/02/rjr-v-fda-hearing-feb-1-2012-fda-chooses-to-demur/</link>
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		<title>RJR v. FDA: PLAINTIFFS&#8217; MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND PERMANENT INJUNCTION [ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTED] (Oct. 21, 2011)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The PDF is  Here
EXCERPT:
On June 22, 2011, the Food and Drug Administration (â€œFDAâ€) published a Final Rule implementing Section 201 of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act . . .  The Rule requires that Plaintiffs radically change all of their cigarette packaging and advertising to prominently display nine new textual warnings [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2012/02/01/rjr-v-fda-plaintiffs%e2%80%99-motion-for-summary-judgment-and-permanent-injunction-oral-argument-requested-oct-21-2011/</link>
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		<title>RJR v. FDA: DEFENDANTSâ€™ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (Oct. 21, 2011)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The PDF is  Here
EXCERPT:
Only by ignoring the findings of Congress, the courts, and countless public health officials, can plaintiffs discount the compelling governmental interest in communicating health risks to consumers and potential consumers of their productâ€”including the underage and often undereducated persons who constitute the bulk of their new clientele. And only by ignoring [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2012/02/01/rjr-v-fda-defendants%e2%80%99-motion-for-summary-judgment-oct-21-2011/</link>
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		<title>DOCKET FOR RJR, et. al. v. FDA Jan. 1-Jan. 31, 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[APPEAL, TYPE-C
U.S. District Court
District of Columbia (Washington, DC)
CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:11-cv-01482-RJL
R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY et al v. UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION et al
Assigned to: Judge Richard J. Leon
Case in other court:	 11-05332
Cause: 05:0701 Maritime Subsidy Board 	
Date Filed: 08/16/2011
Jury Demand: None
Nature of Suit: 890 Other Statutory Actions
Jurisdiction: U.S. Government Defendant
Date Filed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2012/01/31/docket-for-rjr-et-al-v-fda-jan-1-jan-31-2012/</link>
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		<title>RJR v. FDA: Judge Leon&#8217;s Memorandum Opinion (Nov. 7, 2011)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The PDF is  Here
EXCERPT:
CONCLUSION
This case poses a constitutional challenge to a bold new tact by the Congress, and the FDA, in their obvious and continuing efforts to minimize, if not eradicate, tobacco use in the United States. Notwithstanding the potential legal and financial ramifications of this challenge, the Government, for reasons known only to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2012/01/27/rjr-v-fda-judge-leons-memorandum-opinion-nov-7-2011/</link>
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		<title>Kessler Declines to Defer Decision on Corrective Statements</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The PDF is  Here
EXCERPT:
The Court has concluded, for the following reasons, that there will be no deferral of decision-making regarding the corrective action statements.
1. It is perfectly clear from Defendantsâ€™ Response that the litigation challenging the Regulations promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration (â€œFDAâ€) . . . will not end (if ever) for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2012/01/26/kessler-declines-to-defer-decision-on-corrective-statments/</link>
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		<title>DOCKET for USA v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, et al Dec. 21, 2011 - Jan. 26, 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date Filed 	#	Docket Text
12/21/2011	5958 	Joint MOTION for Order Concerning Document Disclosure Obligations under Order #1015 by AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION, AMERICANS FOR NONSMOKERS&#8217; RIGHTS, LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY, NATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN TOBACCO PREVENTION NETWORK, TOBACCO-FREE KIDS ACTION FUND, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Crane-Hirsch, Daniel) (Entered: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2012/01/26/docket-for-usa-v-philip-morris-usa-et-al-dec-21-2011-jan-26-2012/</link>
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		<title>ORDER #28-REMAND: CONSENT ORDER BETWEEN USA, INTERVENORS, AND LORILLARD re: DOCUMENT DISCLOSURE OBLIGATIONS (Dec. 27, 2011)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The PDF is  Here
EXCERPT:
Upon consideration of the Joint Motion for Consent Order Between the United States, the Public Health Intervenors (hereafter &#8220;Plaintiffs&#8221;), and Lorillard Tobacco Company (hereafter &#8220;Lorillard&#8221;) Concerning Document Disclosure Obligations Under Order #1015, and the entire record herein, it is hereby ORDERED that:
A. Lorillard will deposit, on or before the dates indicated [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2011/12/31/order-28-remand-consent-order-between-usa-intervenors-and-lorillard-re-document-disclosure-obligations-dec-27-2011/</link>
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		<title>ORDER #29-Remand halting removal of documents from MN Depository (2011-12-29)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The PDF is  Here
EXCERPT:
On August 18, 2011, in Order 26-Remand [Dkt. No 5949], the Court ruled that from and after September 15, 2011, it would exercise jurisdiction and supervision over the Minnesota Depository. Since that time, with the assistance of Depository staff, the Court has been reviewing the operation of the Depository. It has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2011/12/31/order-29-remand-halting-removal-of-documents-from-mn-depository-2011-12-29/</link>
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		<title>DOCKET FOR USA v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, et al Dec. 23-Dec. 29, 2011.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date Filed: 09/22/1999
Jury Demand: Both
Nature of Suit: 890 Other Statutory Actions
Jurisdiction: U.S. Government Plaintiff
Date Filed 	#	Docket Text
12/23/2011	5960 	NOTICE by R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY (Francisco, Noel) (Entered: 12/23/2011)
12/23/2011	  	DEPOSIT of Funds into registry of the Court on December 23, 2011, in the amount of $200,000.00. Receipt Number 4616044746 by RJ REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. (dr) (Entered: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com/2011/12/31/docket-for-usa-v-philip-morris-usa-et-al-dec-23-dec-29-2011/</link>
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