02391nam 2200577 450 991046456100332120170817211139.00-87553-267-5(CKB)3710000000140562(EBL)1719847(SSID)ssj0000985449(PQKBManifestationID)12363763(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000985449(PQKBWorkID)10932755(PQKB)10042884(MiAaPQ)EBC1719847(EXLCZ)99371000000014056220140702h20132013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBad acts the racketeering case against the tobacco industry /Sharon Y. Eubanks and Stanton A. GlantzWashington, District of Columbia :APHA Press,2013.©20131 online resource (283 p.)Includes index.0-87553-017-6 On January 20, 1999, President Bill Clinton announced in his State of the Union address that the Justice Department was planning to sue the tobacco industry and assigned the task to Attorney General Janet Reno and the Justice Department. This book is the story of that case - the politics, the litigation, the behavior of the industry and its lawyers, the efforts by the Bush Administration to gut the case, and the ultimate victory in court. Bad Acts tells the story, not yet fully revealed, of what was happening behind the scenes at the Justice Department as the case approached victory, when the Trials (Products liability)United StatesProducts liabilityTobaccoUnited StatesCivil RICO actionsTobacco industryLaw and legislationUnited StatesGovernment attorneysWashington (D.C.)BiographyUnited StatesTrials, litigation, etcElectronic books.Trials (Products liability)Products liabilityTobaccoCivil RICO actions.Tobacco industryLaw and legislationGovernment attorneys346.73038Eubanks Sharon Y.901686MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464561003321Bad acts2015473UNINA