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BusinessWeek July 24, 2006 Lorraine Woellert	Tobacco May Be Partying Too Soon The tobacco industry won big in Florida. But huge lawsuits remain, and legal action is revving up around the globe.
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Reason January 2003 Walter K. Olson	Courting Stupidity Why smart lawyers pick dumb jurors.
BusinessWeek July 24, 2006 Jane Sasseen	A Wild Card Named Weinstein For the past decade, cigarette executives have been trying to convince Wall Street that their legal expenses are predictable and manageable. But every time they appear to be on the verge of succeeding, a new courtroom threat chills the markets.
The Motley Fool February 18, 2004 Bill Mann	Foreign Threats to U.S. Profits Watch out if overseas courts decide to start targeting U.S. firms. For the first time, a U.S. tobacco company is facing a big lawsuit from overseas, as an Israeli health provider is seeking some $1.7 billion in damages.
Managed Care December 2002 Michael S. Victoroff	Cashing In on Obesity? Obesity is a tricky problem for managed care companies. The "American disease" is so mediaphilic that it routinely generates nutty suggestions. It was only a matter of time until someone found somebody to sue.
BusinessWeek June 27, 2005 Nanette Byrnes	The Tobacco Suit That's Going Up In Smoke After months of obscurity, the U.S. Justice Dept.'s lawsuit against Big Tobacco has bloomed into an all-out controversy -- but for all the wrong reasons.
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Reason March 2007 Walter Olson	Dangerous When in Power In the U.S., does government protect us from hazardous products, or does it put us in harm's way?
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BusinessWeek January 9, 2006 Catherine Arnst	Helping Your Kid Slim Down How parents can change behavior that can foster obesity - and its long-term damage.
ifeminists June 30, 2004 Wendy McElroy	Jackpot Justice, the Wal-Mart Case No one knows how to definitively resolve the abuses and dangers of class action suits without denying the underdog access to the courts.
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BusinessWeek September 13, 2004 Nanette Byrnes	Double Danger For Big Tobacco A U.S. Justice suit and a push for FDA oversight have cigarette makers gasping.
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Salon.com October 14, 1999 Dawn MacKeen	Woe is HMO Proponents of liability legislation argue that the only way to change managed care's behavior is to threaten it with lawsuits.
ifeminists May 4, 2005 Wendy McElroy	Super-Sized Statistics We should down-size government's interest in what we eat and right-size the statistics it's feeding us.
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Nutrition Action Healthletter March 2000 Michael F. Jacobson	News From CSPI As suggested by the intense interest in Syndrome X and low-carbohydrate diets, America has one of the highest rates of obesity in the world. Time will tell whether our nation chooses a lifestyle built around fitness---or gluttony and sloth.
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