Tobacco Lawsuit
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Ontario court grants tobacco firms another stay extensionAn Ontario court has again agreed to extend an order suspending legal proceedings against three major tobacco companies, although the judge has not yet said for how long.CanadaOct 2, 2019
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Ontario proceeding with tobacco lawsuit would be unfair to other governments: judgeA judge says he refused to let the Ontario government push forward with a lawsuit against three major tobacco companies because it would give the province an unfair advantage over other governments seeking to do the same.CanadaMay 2, 2019
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Ontario government lawyers look to move ahead with lawsuit against tobacco companiesOntario launched its lawsuit against a dozen Canadian firms and their parent companies roughly a decade ago and the case was projected to go to trial late next year or in early 2021.CanadaApr 25, 2019
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Creditor protection granted to Rothmans, Benson & Hedges in $15B Quebec lawsuitRothmans, Benson & Hedges has become the third tobacco company to receive a temporary reprieve from compensating 100,000 Quebec smokers after securing creditor protection in an Ontario court on Friday.CanadaMar 23, 2019
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Quebec Court of Appeal upholds ruling ordering tobacco companies to pay billions to smokersImperial Tobacco, JTI-Macdonald and Rothmans-Benson & Hedges were appealing a 2015 ruling.CanadaMar 1, 2019
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Alison Redford cleared again over Alberta tobacco lawsuitAnother investigation has cleared former Alberta premier Alison Redford of wrongdoing on how she selected a law firm to sue tobacco companies on behalf of the province.PoliticsApr 3, 2017
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B.C. conflict commissioner to review investigation into Alison Redford tobacco filePaul Fraser says Alberta's former ethics commissioner did not have all the information when he cleared Redford of conflict-of-interest allegations in 2013.PoliticsAug 4, 2016
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Conflict of interest forces ethics commissioner to have BC counterpart weigh in on Redford matterA conflict of interest is complicating the Alberta government's response to a former Supreme Court judge's report. That report, presented Monday, suggested previous conflict-of-interest allegations against former premier Alison Redford should be reviewed again.InvestigationsApr 5, 2016
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Final arguments underway in Quebec’s class-action tobacco lawsuitFinal arguments are underway in a landmark case pitting Quebec smokers against Big Tobacco.CanadaSep 22, 2014
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