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October 17, 2006 |

Krispy Kreme Hires Former Tobacco Industry GC, Exec in Battle to Survive

Nearly two years after its stock collapsed amid an accounting fiasco, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts faces a host of lawsuits, a criminal investigation and declining sales. And in New York and Chicago there are efforts to ban a key ingredient of its famous doughnuts. Now the beleaguered company has turned to Big Tobacco for help; In the past month, it's hired Charles A. Blixt, the former GC at Reynolds American, as its new general counsel and appointed retired Reynolds chairman Andrew J. Schindler to its board.
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September 13, 2006 |

Smokers Seek $200 Billion From Tobacco Companies Over Low-Tar Cigarettes

Lawyers for smokers of light cigarettes have asked a federal judge to grant class action status to a lawsuit against major tobacco companies, allowing tens of millions of people nationwide to seek as much as $200 billion in damages. The smokers accuse Philip Morris USA, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco and other defendants of deceiving them for more than 30 years by claiming low-tar cigarettes were less harmful than regular cigarettes. The manufacturers, they allege, knew the health risks were about the same.
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March 01, 2004 |

Disaster Recovery

Firms gear up for the next catastrophe.
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September 21, 2012 |

Attorney Ineligibility Order Pursuant to Rule 1:28-2(a)

Notice to the bar.
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November 01, 2007 |

Who Protects Innovation in America

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September 12, 2006 |

Federal Prosecutors Ask for Info on HP Probe; Board Ponders Dunn's Fate

Federal investigators stepped into the fray surrounding Hewlett-Packard's possibly illegal investigation of media leaks, as the company's board planned to reconvene Monday afternoon to discuss the fate of embattled Chairwoman Patricia Dunn. HP revealed in an SEC filing Monday that the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California had "informally contacted" the company concerning its investigation methods. A federal investigation further complicates the situation for HP, experts said.
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May 01, 2007 |

Big Tobacco Companies Battle over Altria-Backed Bill to Impose FDA Regulation

Altria, which owns tobacco giant Philip Morris International, is one of the perhaps surprising backers of a bill that would give the FDA the authority to regulate tobacco. Critics say Philip Morris' motive may be less than altruistic, and that their real goal is to squeeze out competitors. The issue has created a fissure between Philip Morris and the rest of Big Tobacco -- the industry's lobbyists, sans Philip Morris, are pushing to block the measure through the time-honed tactics of doubt and delay.
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February 27, 2003 |

Court Rejects Enterprise Liability for Auto Injuries

In separate rulings last week, the New Jersey Supreme Court reached different outcomes on employer liability for third-party injuries caused by an employee's car accident, but they did agree on one thing: New Jersey won't, at least for now, follow the California doctrine of "enterprise liability," a type of no-fault rule predicated on the rationale that employee torts are an expected part of the cost of doing business.
6 minute read
September 13, 2006 |

Hewlett-Packard Chairwoman Dunn to Step Down in January

Hewlett-Packard said Tuesday that Patricia Dunn will step down as chairwoman of the San Jose, Calif.-based computer and printer maker in January amid a widening scandal involving a possibly illegal probe into media leaks. She will be succeeded by CEO Mark Hurd. Hurd will retain his existing positions as chief executive and president, and Dunn will remain as a director after she relinquishes the chair on Jan. 18. Dunn has apologized for the techniques used in the company's probe.
6 minute read
August 02, 2007 |

Senator-Lawyer Did Not Wield Undue Influence as Jury Foreman, Judge Finds

A New Jersey jury that handed up an $860,000 verdict in a supermarket slip-and-fall case last year was not unduly influenced by one of its members -- a state senator who is also a lawyer -- the trial judge says. Turning down a defense motion to overturn the award, the judge ruled that Robert Martin, the panel's foreman, had not been the sage he portrayed himself to be in an article he wrote about his experience. The article caught the eye of defense lawyers, adding fodder to a pending appeal.
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