Intheir decision last year in Citizens United v. FEC, the United States Supreme Court said that the government could not restrict how much money corporations and other entities spend on political activities such as airing advertisements. The result has been the rise of the so-called SuperPAC which is already having a significant impact on the [...]
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Legally Speaking: Big Tobacco Sues Over FDA Regs, 8/12/11
New tobacco regulations are about to go into effect that hugely impact the industry’s ability to market their products, including making them add shockingly graphic pictures that will take up 50 percent of cigarette packages. The industry is suing and the suit recently went to a federal court of appeals and is likely to reach [...]
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