From Litigation, Legislation

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Up in Smoke: From Legislation to Litigation in Tobacco Politics by Martha A. Derthick; Smoke in Their Eyes: Lessons in Movement Leadership from the Tobacco Wars by Michael Pertschuk

Up in Smoke: From Legislation to Litigation in Tobacco Politics by Martha A. Derthick; Smoke in Their Eyes: Lessons in Movement Leadership from the Tobacco Wars by Michael Pertschuk Review by: Stephen D. Sugarman Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 22, No. 4 (Autumn, 2003), pp. 712-717 Published by: John Wiley & Sons on behalf of Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management...

Litigation in Argentina: challenging the tobacco industry.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the processes and outcomes of tobacco litigation in Argentina and to analyse the strategies of the tobacco industry to oppose litigation using tobacco industry documents. METHODS A systematic search of tobacco industry documents on the internet dating from 1978 to 2002. Law library searches using Argentinean official and unofficial reports systems were combined with comp...

Litigation versus Legislation: Forum Shopping by Rent-Seekers

Ticket Sniping

INTRODUCTION ................................................................................... 243 BACKGROUND ...................................................................................... 245 I. THE ECONOMICS OF TICKET SNIPING ................................... 248 A. Long-term Revenue Maximization ....................................... 249 B. Inability to Price Discriminate .........

This Is Your Litigation Section – Thoughts from the Chair

In the last issue of the Litigation Section newsletter I explored the concept of becoming better. Better lawyer, better practice, better person. This year as I take over as Chair of the Litigation Section, my goal is to achieve betterment. I envision making this Section rise to a level of becoming something better and more valuable to you, its members. It is hard to measure improvement if you d...