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The three biggest U.S. tobacco companies have joined with some New York merchants to challenge a resolution by the City Board of Health requiring stores to place graphic anti-tobacco signs where tobacco products are offered. Philip Morris, Lorillard and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. claim the new rules go against "four decades of exclusive federal regulation of cigarette health warnings" and violate NY state and U.S. constitutions. "The government may not force private parties to carry messages beyond purely uncontroversial factual statements that are designed to prevent consumer deception," said the lawsuit.
Just like me, a worker at Citigroup could just have been too damn sexy for her job. Debrahlee Lorenzana (33), claims she was fired after Citigroup said she dressed too provocatively for male colleagues. Lorenzana has sued the bank in Manhattan Supreme Court saying she was ordered to stop wearing turtlenecks, pencil skirts and fitted suits. Citigroup said the suit was 'without merit' but did not go into any detail on Lorenzana's claims.
The 'Hurt Locker' producer, Voltage Pictures, has gone nuclear on file sharers and decided to sue 5,000 of them in what is believed to be the biggest ever lawsuit against individuals. It's a class action lawsuit in reverse. Voltage Pictures filed the suit in Columbia District Court accusing 5,000 BitTorrent users of downloading its film illegally.
Five men, accused of piracy and attempting to hijack a cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden, are to go on trial at Rotterdam District Court in the Netherlands. It would be the first European trial of Somali pirates. Their high speed boat was intercepted last year by a Danish patrol boat. The men had all been carrying firearms and other accessories such as ladders, ropes and knives and were allegedly set to board the cargo ship Samanyolu, which was registered in the Caribbean.
Jamaica erupted today with gun battles as armed gang members took pot shots at police and attacked police stations - burning one to the ground. Two police officers have died. Tensions have been growing after Jamaica’s Prime Minister Bruce Golding said he would start the process of extraditing Christopher “Dudus” Coke to America. He had previously refused to do so on the grounds the evidence against Coke was illegally obtained.
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