Internet Assignment The Department of Justice sued Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, Brown & Williamson, and others in the late 1990s in the largest civil racketeering suit in history. In 2006, federal district court judge Gladys Kessler ruled in favor of the government, finding that companies had defrauded the American public through deceptive marketing practices.

What do you think Peck and Vail would say about that? How might Schwartz and Goldberg respond? Find out what has happened to the case on appeal. What has happened in other class action suits against the tobacco companies brought under various state consumer protection laws? United States v. Philip Morris U.S.A., 449 F. Supp.2d 1 (D.D.C. 2006).