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Cigarette Makers Fined Billions

Cigarette Makers Fined Billions

| June 2, 2015 Comment

Cigarette Makers Fined Billions – A Canadian court has ordered three tobacco companies to pay 15.5 billion Canadian dollars – the largest award for damages in the country’s history. The plaintiffs were Quebec smokers who said the firms failed to warn them of health risks associated with smoking. Imperial Tobacco, Rothmans Benson & Hedges and […]

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Maidenform and Wacoal Being Sued for Shapewear

| April 16, 2014 Comment

Customers from Massachusetts have filed a class action lawsuit against Maidenform, for false claims about their shapewear. Wacoal’s iPant and Maidenform’s Flexees Instant Slimmer products are advertised as being able to “permanently change women’s body shape and skin tone,” but don’t live up to the promise. The attorneys for the plaintiffs say that they’re suing […]

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