PHAI Online - The Public Health Advocacy Institute
- 12.14.11/ General Mills Uses Whole Grain Claims to Distract from Sugar Content
- 12.08.11/ The Cost of McDonald’s Happy Meal Toys
- 09.21.11/ PHAI Releases New Resources to Use Law to Fight Junk Food Marketing to Kids
- 08.30.11/ Federal Judge Blasts RJ Reynolds for Providing a “Wholly Inaccurate Description of the Trial Record” and Upholds Multi-Million Dollar Verdict
- 07.27.11/ Coca-Cola Unscathed by Happy Meal Changes?
- 07.19.11/ McDonald’s Happy Meals with Soda & Fries Still the “Most Popular” Meal Combinations
- 06.20.11/ Organizations that Care About Health Should Play No Part in the Soft Drink Industry’s Effort to Rehabilitate Its Public Image
- 05.26.11/ Shareholder meeting report – Altria Group CEO Michael Szymanczyk: An artful dodger
- 05.20.11/ PHAI’s Wilking urges repeal of MA sales tax exemption for soda as first step in Boston Globe Letter to Editor
- 05.18.11/ State Laws Prevent Local Control Over Much More Than Just Happy Meal Toys
- 05.17.11/ Reynolds American, Inc. “takes step” and remains rigid at shareholder meeting
- 04.29.11/ Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds hit by $40 million verdict in Florida this week
- 04.28.11/ Journal of Public Health Policy issues Call for Papers on changing food industry behavior
- 03.02.11/ $17.3 million verdict against Lorillard in Jacksonville, FL
- 03.01.11/ Arkansas State Consumer Protection Profile
- 03.01.11/ Arizona State Consumer Protection Profile
- 03.01.11/ Alaska State Consumer Protection Profile
- 02.28.11/ Future of Obesity Litigation panel featuring PHAI’s Gottlieb and CSPI’s Gardner airs and is available online
- 02.24.11/ Alabama State Consumer Protection Profile
- 02.24.11/ Florida jury Returns multi-million verdict against tobacco companies
- 02.22.11/ PHAI’s Gottlieb supports smoke-free parks in Cambridge Chronicle Guest Commentary
- 02.15.11/ Eurpoean Commission Publishes PHAI Collaboration on Tobacco Liability and the Health Costs of Smoking
- 01.24.11/ Unclear on calories: GMA & FMI’s front-of-package “Nutrition Keys” omit key calorie information
- 12.28.10/ Minnesota Court Of Appeals gives green light to “light” cigarette class action lawsuit against Philip Morris
- 12.16.10/ Boston jury delivers $81 million punitive damages verdict against Lorillard
- 12.15.10/ PHAI’s Daynard provides extended audio commentary on Evans verdict
- 12.15.10/ PHAI publishes Special Verdict Sheet from Evans trial
- 12.14.10/ Lorillard suffers big loss in Massachusetts wrongful death case where free samples of Newport were provided to African-American children in Roxbury housing project
- 12.14.10/ Florida court of appeal affirms $28.3 million verdict against R.J. Reynolds; explicitly rejects RJR’s attempt to “essentially nullify” Florida Supreme Court’s 2006 decision in Engle
- 12.13.10/ PHAI’s Gottlieb co-authors new study showing increased tobacco smoke expsoure of kids in multi-unit housing
- 12.02.10/ PHAI’s announces new project on workers’ right to health and safety on the job
- 11.23.10/ New Hampshire Court Grants Class Certification for Plaintiffs in a Light Cigarettes Class Action Lawsuit against Philip Morris
- 11.15.10/ Florida Jury Snaps Tobacco’s Recent Winning Streak with an $80 Million Award Against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
- 11.04.10/ National Cancer Institute Study may Affect Cigarette Litigation
- 10.27.10/ PHAI’s Gottlieb discusses litigation as an approach to reduce childhood obesity at Institute of Medicine Workshop
- 10.27.10/ Discovery of Elevated Fructose Levels in Popular Soft Drinks Raises Important Legal Questions for Regulators and Consumers
- 08.05.10/ Yet another plaintiff’s verdict in Florida: Piendle v. RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. et al.
- 07.22.10/ 11th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated decision that would have eliminated preclusive effect of Engle Jury Phase I findings for progeny cases in federal court
- 06.29.10/ PHAI Addresses tobacco industry’s use of corporate social responsibility tactics and personal responsibility rhetoric
- 06.16.10/ PHAI’s Gottieb co-authors piece in NEJM: Puffing in public housing poses serious health risks to tenants
- 06.02.10/ Report on Altria Group, Inc.’s Annual Shareholders Meeting – Richmond, Virginia, May 20, 2010
- 06.02.10/ Report from the Reynolds American, Inc. Annual Shareholders Meeting -– May 7, 2010 – Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- 05.21.10/ More Florida Verdicts against Cigarette Companies – Buonomo
- 04.28.10/ Louisiana Court of Appeals Orders Tobacco Companies to Pay Over $230 Million for Court-Approved Smoking Cessation Program
- 04.26.10/ Florida Jury Returns Multi-Million Dollar Verdict for Family of Smoker against Liggett Group, Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds
- 04.22.10/ Tobacco Companies Are Dealt a Series of Major Litigation Losses in Florida During March And April – and There’s no End in Sight
- 04.02.10/ PHAI Publishes Case Study on NY State Reduced Ignition Propensity Cigarette Law
- 04.02.10/ PHAI Publishes Case Study of the California Clean Cars Law
- 04.02.10/ PHAI Publishes Case Study on Denver, CO Regional Transportation Districts Dropping of a Ban on Violent Video Game Advertisements
- 04.02.10/ PHAI Publishes Case Study of MA Attorney General Tobacco Advertising Regulations and Legal Challenge to Them
- 04.02.10/ PHAI Publishes Case Study on Portland, ME School Committee’s Initiative to Provide Prescription Contraception Products to Middle School Students
- 04.02.10/ PHAI Publishes Case Study of Hog Farmers’ Challenge of Worth County, IA Envronmental Ordinance
- 03.31.10/ PHAI Attorney and Noted Univ of IL Economist Look at Applying Tobacco Taxation and Other Pricing Strategies to Reduce Obesity
- 03.29.10/ PHAI Publishes Case Study Examining Litigation Surrounding Atlantic City’s Needle Exchange Ordinace
- 03.29.10/ PHAI Publishes Case Study on Challenges to Pharmacy Tobacco Sales Ban in San Francisco County
- 03.29.10/ PHAI publishes Case Study on NYC Menu Labeling Litigation
- 02.19.10/ All Parties Seek Supreme Court Review of Racketeering Trial: US v. Philip Morris
- 02.03.10/ PHAI Attorney Chris Banthin Appears on WGBH with Boston Mayor Tom Menino to Discuss Smokefree Public Housing
- 12.10.09/ PHAI Senior Attorney Christopher Banthin discussed low tobacco control funding on WCVB News
- 12.08.09/ PHAI Researches Unfair Food Marketing to Kids (and those who purchase for kids)
- 11.30.09/ PHAI’s Tobacco Products Liability Project is mentioned in NY Times editorial
- 11.20.09/ Tobacco Products Liability Project hails $244 million punitive damages award against Philip Morris as “entirely proportionate to the level of reprehensible misconduct by the company”
- 09.29.09/ PHAI submits comments to FDA supporting reducing nicotine levels of smoked tobacco products to non-addictive levels
- 07.31.09/ PHAI Publishes “Managing and Conducting Public Health Inspections: A Selected Bibliography and Topical Outline (1988)”
- 05.08.09/ PHAI Publishes Issue Briefs on Tobacco Industry’s Corporate Makeover
- 04.24.09/ PHAI RELEASES LIFE WITHOUT SMOKE: NEW SURVEY REVEALS STRONG DEMAND FOR SMOKE-FREE HOUSING – Owners indicate growing interest and value in making properties
- 04.06.09/ Off the Map: Extracurricular School Food
- 02.10.09/ Daynard and Gottlieb publish Op/Ed in Boston Globe: “How to fight America’s obesity epidemic”
- 11.24.08/ PHAI Sends Obama Transition Team Obesity Policy Recommendations
- 10.16.08/ PHAI Publishes Presentation Slides from Fifth Conference on Public Health, Law and Obesity
- 06.27.08/ Fifth Conference on Public Health, Law, and Obesity
- 01.22.08/ The Weakening of RICO’s Remedies Provision: Analysis of the Appeals Court’s Decision in USA v. Philip Morris USA, Inc., et al.
- 01.17.08/ Potential Master Settlement Agreement Violations Evidenced in Judge Kessler’s Findings in USA v. Philip Morris USA, Inc., et al.
- 01.17.08/ A Guide for Plaintiffs’ Attorneys: Using Findings and Resources from USA v. Philip Morris USA, Inc., et al. in Future Claims Against Big Tobacco
- 12.04.07/ PHAI Submits Brief on Behalf of AMA and others to U.S. Court of Appeals for DC Circuit in Tobacco Racketeering Appeal
- 11.26.07/ PHAI Creates Newsletter
- 11.06.07/ Mapping School Food: A Policy Guide
- 12.06.06/ Raw Deal: A Report on School Beverage Contracts
