This ruling upholds California's authority to enforce tough restrictions on handing out free cigarettes, particularly in places where children are present.
Coincidence? Probably not, considering the Bush administration's propensity to formally side with industry in pre-emption litigation,
When prices were higher here than elsewhere, we were told that California's market is an island, ... Now, all of a sudden, we're not an island. Those are the questions we're asking.
It's not infrequent for local district attorneys to take the lead on fraud investigations. Obviously, that kind of a unit is closer to the community and closer to the problem.
The money we are seeking is the amount we paid in excess of a just and reasonable rate, according to formulas established by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
probe will be officially closed in short order.
To my knowledge, we haven't closed the investigation. We've got another pending case against Edward Jones.
Any time we see a tobacco company saying a product is safer than other tobacco products, our antennae go up. We're looking at whether the claims regarding the health effects are factually accurate and backed up by scientific evidence.
We're always considered an island when we're getting reamed at the pump and we question whether we should now be integrated as part of the larger system (when that system is in crisis), ... You can't have it both ways.
We are confident that the trial court will find that the penalty is appropriate and not excessive ... Good faith and RJR are mutually exclusive.