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VIBO Corporation, Inc. v. Conway et al
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3:08-cv-00571
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Firms
- Arnold & Porter
- Dentons
- Frost Brown
- Kirkland & Ellis
- McDowell Rice
- Stoll Keenon
- Weil Gotshal
- Wyatt Tarrant
Companies
- Imperial Tobacco
- Japan Tobacco
- Liggett Group LLC
- Reynolds American Inc.
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Inc.
- Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co.
- Vector Group Ltd.
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January 14, 2010
General Tobacco Aims To Reignite Antitrust Suit
General Tobacco is appealing a ruling that dismissed more than a dozen cigarette makers and 52 attorneys general from an antitrust lawsuit that alleged a 1998 master settlement agreement between the states and tobacco companies made it hard for small companies to break into the lucrative tobacco industry.
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December 03, 2009
Last Defendants Dropped From Cigarette Antitrust Suit
General Tobacco has voluntarily dismissed the last two tobacco companies left in an antitrust suit it brought against a slew of cigarette makers and 52 attorneys general over a 1998 master settlement agreement it claims made it harder for smaller companies to break into the lucrative tobacco industry.
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January 06, 2009
Judge Tosses Antitrust Suit Over Tobacco Settlement
A federal judge has thrown out an antitrust suit against a group of cigarette manufacturers and 52 attorneys general that alleged a 1998 master settlement agreement between them created obstacles for new entrants trying to break into the lucrative tobacco industry.
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October 29, 2008
General Tobacco Fires Up $1B Antitrust Suit
Fuming over a 1998 master settlement agreement that it claims is anti-competitive, a North Carolina-based tobacco firm has ignited a billion-dollar suit against 52 attorneys general and 19 tobacco manufacturers that took part in the deal.