U.S. v. PHILIP MORRIS USA INC.

Civil Action No. 99-2496 (GK).

841 F.Supp.2d 139 (2012)

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

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

January 26, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel K. Crane-Hirsch , Linda Margaret Mcmahon , Renee Brooker, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

Alfred McDonnell , Arnold & Porter, Denver, CO, Amy Elizabeth Ralph-Mudge , Amy L. Rohe , Duane J. Mauney , Floyd E. Boone, Jr. , James Miller Rosenthal , Jonathan Louis Stern , Kevin M. Green , Leslie Wharton , Michael R. Geske , Ryan David Guilds , Sharon L. Taylor , Arnold & Porter LLP, Beth A. Wilkinson , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Christopher J. Cullen , Jay L. Levine , Matthew A. Campbell , Robert M. Rader , Timothy M. Broas , Winston & Strawn, Murray R. Garnick , Altria Corporate Services, Inc., Noel John Francisco , Patrick Lee Hubbard , Paul Sommer Ryerson , Peter Biersteker , Robert Francis McDermott, Jr. , Jones Day, Thomas M. Stimson , Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, Miguel A. Estrada , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Jessica L. Zellner , William M. Bailey , Dawn D. Marchant , Karen McCartan Desantis , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Paul Lamont McDonald , Paul Hastings LLP, William Charles Hendricks, III , King & Spalding, Michael Asher Schlanger , Clausen Jr. Ely , James Alexander Goold , Joseph Andrew Kresse , Keith Allen Teel , Covington & Burling LLP, Arnon D. Siegel , Dechert, LLP, Jessica L. Zellner , Lawrence Saul Robbins , Roy T. Englert, Jr. , Alan Untereiner , Benjamin C. Rubinstein , Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP, Bruce G. Merritt , Kevin C. Lombardi , Steven Klugman , Debevoise & Plimpton, Judah Best , Steven S. Michaels , Leboeuf, Lamb. Greene & Macrae LLP, Washington, DC, Anastasia G. Weis , Dan K. Webb , Elizabeth D. Jensen , Jeffrey Wagner , Kevin J. Narko , Ricardo E. Ugarte , Thomas J. Frederick , Winston & Strawn LLP, Renee D. Honigberg , David M. Bernick , Douglas G. Smith , Michelle H. Browdy , Steven D. McCormick , Andrew P. Bautista , Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Chicago, IL, Ashley Cummings , Hunton & Williams, Dan H. Willoughby , Leign Ann Dowden , King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, Ben M. Germana , Herbert M. Wachtell , Jeffrey M. Wintner , Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Bradley E. Lerman , Lauren J. Bernstein , David E. Mollon , Winston & Strawn, C. Ian Anderson , Lawrence Edward Savell , Bruce G. Sheffler , David L. Wallace , Garyowen P. Morrisroe , Timothy M. Hughes , William S. D'Amico , Chadbourne & Parke LLP, James Lewis Brochin , Theodore V. Wells, Jr. , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Steven M. Barna , Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Harold K. Gordon , Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, John Kevin Dolan Crisham , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Demetra Frawley , Mary Elizabeth McGarry , Michael V. Corrigan , Simpson Thatcher & Barlett, David Runtz , Joseph P. Moodhe , Debevoise & Plimpton, Dennis H. Hranitzky , Dechert, LLP, Guy Miller Struve , Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, NY, Cindy L. Gantnier , Patricia M. Schwarzschild , Richard H. Burton , Cheryl Grissom Ragsdale , Christy L. Henderson , Michele B. Scarponi , Jason T. Jacoby , Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, Daniel C. Jordan , Hunton & Williams, Peter Thomas Grossi, Jr. , Arnold & Porter, McLean, VA, Jeanna Maria Beck , Arnold & Porter, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Melissa Marglous Merlin , Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP, Michael B. Minton , Bruce D. Ryder , J. William Newbold , James M. Cox , Ann Elizabeth Blackwell , Thompson Coburn, LLP, St. Louis, MO, Seth Barrett Tillman , Wilkes Barre, PA, Andrew Maher , Aliens Arthur Robinson , Melbourne, Victoria Australia, 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 , Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP, Winston-Salem, NC, Nicholas N. Nierengarten , Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, PA., Minneapolis, MN, Paige Q. Szajnuk , Thomas A. Duncan , Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, F. John Nyhan , Fredericks Peebles & Morgan LLP, Sacramento, CA, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

GLADYS KESSLER, District Judge.

On November 17, 2011, the parties were ordered to submit their views on (1) whether the Court should defer consideration of the issue of corrective action statements (as well as the issue of advertisement placement in retail stores); and (2) if so, for how long such consideration should be deferred. The parties have responded.

The Court has concluded, for the following reasons, that there...

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