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Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue signed a bill Monday which effectively bans smoking in almost all public places in the tobacco-growing state. The Georgia Smokefree Air Act of 2005 would still allow smoking in bars that...

JURIST Special Guest Columnist William Lerach, senior partner of the Lerach Coughlin complex litigation firm headquartered in San Diego who has led the prosecution of hundreds of securities class and stockholder derivative actions recovering billions of dollars, says that the...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said Wednesday that it will not reconsider its earlier decision barring the DOJ from seeking a $280 billion penalty in its racketeering lawsuit against tobacco...

The Justice Department and tobacco industry representatives have begun settlement negotiations in the government's racketeering case against the industry, an anonymous source involved with the case said Tuesday. The two sides have met at least once...

Rhode Island became the seventh state to ban smoking indoors Tuesday, as a state law took effect at midnight. The ban covers all indoor workplaces and almost all bars and restaurants, but certain...

Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, World Health Organization, entered into force February 27, 2005. Read the full text of the treaty . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

A new World Health Organization-sponsored treaty aimed at preventing children from smoking and helping adults quit goes into effect Sunday , but its impact on the US remains to be seen. The Framework Convention on...

The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) will enter into force Sunday, making the provisions of the treaty legally binding on countries that have ratified the convention . The FCTC, the first international...

The Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it would appeal a US District Court opinion that would prevent pursuit of $280 billion in damages from tobacco companies for charges of civil racketeering. The 3-judge...

Peter Friedman, Case Law School:"I'm disappointed in Diane Feinstein's and Barak Obama's support of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, which the Senate approved yesterday (with House approval and presidential signature anticipated) and which provides that large multistate class...