United States v. Philip Morris USA Inc.

682 F.Supp.3d 32

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. PHILIP MORRIS USA INC., et al., Defendants.

Civil Action No. 99-2496 (PLF)

United States District Court, District of Columbia

Signed July 14, 2023

Daniel Kadane Crane-Hirsch, U.S. Department of Justice, Consumer Protection Branch Civil Division, Washington, DC, Adam E. Lyons, Linda Margaret McMahon, DOJ-CIV, Civil Division - Consumer Protection Branch, Washington, DC, Meredith Burns Healy, Zachary Alan Dietert, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Leo J. Wise, United States Attorney's Office for the District of Mar, Baltimore, MD, for Plaintiff.

Christina S. Marshall, Melissa C. Allison, Scott P. Lewis, Pro Hac Vice, Anderson & Kreiger LLP, Boston, MA, for Intervenor Plaintiffs American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights, National African American Tobacco Prevention Network, Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund.

Kate Cumming Beardsley, Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Washington, DC, for Intervenor Elan Corporation, Plc.

Stephen Paul Mahinka, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Washington, DC, for Intervenor Pfizer, Inc.

Alfred McDonnell, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, London, UK, Seth Barrett Tillman, Department of Law, Ireland, Andrew Maher, Aliens Arthur Robinson, Australia, Amy Elizabeth Ralph-Mudge, Amy L. Rohe, Duane J. Mauney, Kevin M. Green, Leslie Wharton, Peter Thomas Grossi, Jr., Sharon L. Taylor, Jonathan Louis Stern, Ryan David Guilds, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC, Anastasia G. Weis, Jay L. Levine, Matthew A. Campbell, Robert M. Rader, Timothy M. Broas, Christopher J. Cullen, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC, Daniel Church Jordan, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Washington, DC, James Miller Rosenthal, Wilkinson Stekloff LLP, Washington, DC, Michael R. Geske, Cause of Action Institute, Washington, DC, Jessica L. Zellner, Washington, DC, Thomas M. Stimson, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, Washington, DC, Amir Cameron Tayrani, Miguel A. Estrada, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Washington, DC, John Marcus McNichols, Lisa Schiavo Blatt, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC, Ashley Cummings, Hunton & Williams, Atlanta, GA, Ben M. Germana, Herbert M. Wachtell, Jeffrey M. Wintner, Steven M. Barna, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY, Bradley E. Lerman, Lauren J. Bernstein, David E. Mollon, Winston & Strawn, New York, NY, C. Ian Anderson, Chadbourne & Parke LLP, New York, NY, James Lewis Brochin, Theodore V. Wells, Jr., Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY, Anand Agneshwar, Pro Hac Vice, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY, Lawrence Edward Savell, Herbert Smith Freehills New York LLP, New York, NY, Cindy L. Gantnier, Patricia M. Schwarzschild, Richard H. Burton, Cheryl Grissom Ragsdale, Christy L. Henderson, Michele B. Scarponi, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, Murray R. Garnick, Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA, Dan K. Webb, Pro Hac Vice, George C. Lombardi, Elizabeth D. Jensen, Jeffrey Wagner, Kevin J. Narko, Ricardo E. Ugarte, Thomas J. Frederick, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL, Renee D. Honigberg, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Chicago, IL, Floyd Elwood Boone, Jr., Bowles Rice LLP, Charleston, WV, Jeanna Maria Beck, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Melissa Marglous Merlin, Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP, St. Louis, MO, Michael B. Minton, Thompson Coburn, LLP, St. Louis, MO, for Defendant Philip Morris USA, Inc.

David B. Alden, Paul Crist, Randal S. Baringer, Robert C. Weber, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, Elizabeth P. Kessler, Ivan C. Smith, Scott C. Walker, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Columbus, OH, Geoffrey Kres Beach, Lisa M. Sheppard, R. Michael Leonard, Pro Hac Vice, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, LLP, Winston-Salem, NC, Harold K. Gordon, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, New York, NY, Lawrence Edward Savell, Herbert Smith Freehills New York LLP, New York, NY, John Matthew Gore, Patrick Lee Hubbard, Paul Sommer Ryerson, Jon Heintz, Pro Hac Vice, Jones Day, Washington, DC, Jessica L. Zellner, William M. Bailey, Washington, DC, Robert M. Rader, Timothy M. Broas, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC, Nicholas N. Nierengarten, Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, Pa., Minneapolis, MN, Jeffrey A. Mandell, Stafford Rosenbaum LLP, Madison, WI, Michael B. Minton, Thompson Coburn, LLP, St. Louis, MO, Renee D. Honigberg, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

Dan H. Willoughby, Leign Ann Dowden, King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, David M. Bernick, Michelle H. Browdy, Steven D. McCormick, Andrew P. Bautista, Pro Hac Vice, Renee D. Honigberg, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL, Douglas G. Smith, Paul Lamont McDonald, Aurelius Law Group LLC, Chicago, IL, Dawn D. Marchant, Karen McCartan DeSantis, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, Robert M. Rader, Timothy M. Broas, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC, William Charles Hendricks, III, King & Spalding, Washington, DC, Jessica L. Zellner, Washington, DC, John K. Crisham, Crisham & Holman LLC, Littleton, CO, Lawrence Edward Savell, Herbert Smith Freehills New York LLP, New York, NY, Michael B. Minton, Thompson Coburn, LLP, St. Louis, MO, for Defendant Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation.

Bruce D. Ryder, J. William Newbold, James M. Cox, Michael B. Minton, Ann Elizabeth Blackwell, Thompson Coburn LLP, St. Louis, MO, Robert M. Rader, Timothy M. Broas, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC, Jessica L. Zellner, Washington, DC, Lawrence Edward Savell, Herbert Smith Freehills New York LLP, New York, NY, Renee D. Honigberg, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant Lorillard Tobacco Company.

John K. Crisham, Crisham & Holman LLC, Littleton, CO, Robert M. Rader, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant American Tobacco Company.

Demetra Frawley, Simpson Thatcher & Barlett, New York, NY, Mary Elizabeth McGarry, Michael V. Corrigan, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York, NY, Robert M. Rader, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant British American Tobacco., P.L.C.

Bruce G. Sheffler, Garyowen P. Morrisroe, Timothy M. Hughes, Chadbourne & Parke LLP, New York, NY, Lawrence Edward Savell, Herbert Smith Freehills New York LLP, New York, NY, F. John Nyhan, Fredericks Peebles & Patterson LLP, Sacramento, CA, Jessica L. Zellner, Washington, DC, Robert M. Rader, Timothy M. Broas, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC, William S. D'Amico, Chadbourne & Parke LLP, Washington, DC, Benjamin C. Rubinstein, Pro Hac Vice, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP, Washington, DC, Michael B. Minton, Thompson Coburn, LLP, St. Louis, MO, Renee D. Honigberg, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant British American Tobacco (Investments) Ltd.

Bruce G. Merritt, Steven Klugman, DeBevoise & Plimpton, Washington, DC, Judah Best, LeBoeuf, Lamb. Greene & Mac-Rae LLP, Washington, DC, Kevin C. Lombardi, KPMG, LLP Legal, Risk and Regulatory, Washington, DC, Robert M. Rader, Timothy M. Broas, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC, Jessica L. Zellner, Washington, DC, David Runtz, Joseph P. Moodhe, DeBevoise & Plimpton, New York, NY, Dennis H. Hranitzky, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY, Lawrence Edward Savell, Herbert Smith Freehills New York LLP, New York, NY, Michael B. Minton, Thompson Coburn, LLP, St. Louis, MO, Renee D. Honigberg, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant Council for Tobacco Research-USA, Incorporated.

Clausen Jr. Ely, Washington, DC, James Alexander Goold, Joseph Andrew Kresse, Keith Allen Teel, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, Robert M. Rader, Timothy M. Broas, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC, Jessica L. Zellner, Washington, DC, Lawrence Edward Savell, Herbert Smith Freehills New York LLP, New York, NY, Michael B. Minton, Thompson Coburn, LLP, St. Louis, MO, Renee D. Honigberg, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant Tobacco Institute, Incorporated.

Alfred McDonnell, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, London, UK, Seth Barrett Tillman, Department of Law, Ireland, Andrew Maher, Aliens Arthur Robinson, Australia, Amy Elizabeth Ralph-Mudge, Amy L. Rohe, Duane J. Mauney, Kevin M. Green, Leslie Wharton, Peter Thomas Grossi, Jr., Sharon L. Taylor, Jonathan Louis Stern, Ryan David Guilds, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC, Christopher J. Cullen, Jay L. Levine, Matthew A. Campbell, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC, Daniel Church Jordan, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Washington, DC, James Miller Rosenthal, Wilkinson Stekloff LLP, Washington, DC, Michael R. Geske, Cause of Action Institute, Washington, DC, Jessica L. Zellner, Washington, DC, Thomas M. Stimson, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, Washington, DC, Amir Cameron Tayrani, Miguel A. Estrada, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Washington, DC, John Marcus McNichols, Lisa Schiavo Blatt, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC, Ashley Cummings, Hunton & Williams, Atlanta, GA, Ben M. Germana, Herbert M. Wachtell, Jeffrey M. Wintner, Steven M. Barna, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY, Bradley E. Lerman, Lauren J. Bernstein, David E. Mollon, Winston & Strawn, New York, NY, C. Ian Anderson, Chadbourne & Parke LLP, New York, NY, James Lewis Brochin, Theodore V. Wells, Jr., Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY, Anand Agneshwar, Pro Hac Vice, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY, Lawrence Edward Savell, Herbert Smith Freehills New York LLP, New York, NY, Cindy L. Gantnier, Jason T. Jacoby, Patricia M. Schwarzschild, Richard H. Burton, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, Murray R. Garnick, Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA, Dan K. Webb, Pro Hac Vice, George C. Lombardi, Elizabeth D. Jensen, Jeffrey Wagner, Kevin J. Narko, Ricardo E. Ugarte, Thomas J. Frederick, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL, Renee D. Honigberg, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Chicago, IL, Floyd Elwood Boone, Jr., Bowles Rice LLP, Charleston, WV, Jeanna Maria Beck...