B.C. premier urges tobacco giants to accept proposed $32.5B settlement after creditors approve plan
The B.C. government is urging tobacco companies to accept the terms of a proposed $32.5-billion settlement with Canadian ...
Tobacco giants' creditors approve proposed $32.5B deal for health-care costs, recompense to smokers
A proposed deal that would see three tobacco giants pay out billions to provinces and territories, as well as smokers across ...
Tobacco Firms Close to $23.6 Billion Settlement to Compensate Smokers in Canada
JTI-Macdonald said it has been actively engaged ... the resolution of long-pending tobacco product-related litigation in ...
Big tobacco companies reach tentative multibillion-dollar settlement with Canada
Similar deals were also filed covering JTI-Macdonald Corp. and Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. “After years of mediation, we ...
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Creditors approve proposed $32.5B deal with tobacco giants: spokespeople
The proposed $32.5-billion global settlement between the companies — JTI-Macdonald Corp., Rothmans, Benson & Hedges and ...
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Adair Goldblatt Bieber, Loopstra Nixon represent parties in $10.5-million commercial case
A notable commercial suit was the $10.5-million case 15244986 Canada Inc. et al v Pozneris et al. Adair Goldblatt Bieber LLP ...
Morning Update: Can Big Tobacco quit smoking?
Good morning. Canada’s largest tobacco companies, which are about to fork out a landmark settlement, say they want to move ...
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Canada appeals court orders tobacco firms to pay billions in damages
The judgment involves class action suits that were consolidated against Imperial Tobacco Canada, Rothmans Benson & Hedges and JTI-MacDonald. The companies had appealed a 2015 ruling in favour that ...
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Court delay approved in Canada tobacco class action settlement, but important vote still set for December
The Ontario Superior Court has approved a request to delay a proposed class action settlement put forward by the big three tobacco companies in Canada. A mediator with Rothmans, Benson & Hedges, ...
Historic Tobacco Compensation Plans Move Forward
On October 17, 2024, the Plans of Arrangement for Imperial Tobacco, Rothmans Benson & Hedges, and JTI MacDonald ("CCAA Plans") were unveiled, marking a landmark resolution after over five years of ...
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Creditors expected to vote on proposed $32.5B deal with tobacco giants today
The proposed $32.5-billion global settlement between the companies — JTI-Macdonald Corp., Rothmans, Benson & Hedges and Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. — and their creditors was announced in October ...