US House committee rejects bids to permit public access to gun sale data
The US House Appropriations Committee voted Thursday to defeat two independent bids by lawmakers that would have repealed part or all of the "Tiahrt Amendment" , which since 2003 has restricted the public release of...
The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously upheld a federal restriction on tobacco advertisements Thursday, finding it did not violate the free expression rights of tobacco companies. The suit was brought by the JTI-Macdonald, Rothmans, and...
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in four cases to be heard next term. In Riegel v. Medtronic (06-179) the court will decide whether Food and Drug...
Supreme Court rules federal tobacco regulation no basis for case removal
The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in five cases Monday, including Watson v. Philip Morris , where the Court held that a lawsuit against the tobacco company could not be...
Nine suspects were arrested and charged Monday in the US Eastern District of California for allegedly plotting the violent overthrow of the Laotian government. The suspects, including General Vang Pao, a former general in the Royal...
Connecticut legislators propose near-universal health care plan
Lawmakers in Connecticut's House of Representatives have introduced a health care reform bill aimed at providing coverage to the state's uninsured. The initiative introduced Tuesday positions Connecticut within the growing ranks of states that have recently...
Supreme Court overturns Philip Morris $80M punitive damages award
The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in three cases Tuesday, including Philip Morris USA v. Williams , where the Court overturned a $79.5 million punitive damages verdict against...
A group of lawmakers from the US Senate and House of Representatives on Thursday introduced the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act , which would give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) [official...
A Seoul court ruled Thursday that cancer patients suing South Korean tobacco firm Korea Tobacco and Ginseng Co. (KTG) do not have enough evidence to link their diseases to negligence on the part of the companies. The...
Three US Justice Department agencies - the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) , the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the FBI - are freezing or slowing recruitment efforts largely as a...
