Tom Dresslar
Tom Dresslar
confident court excessive faith good penalty trial
We are confident that the trial court will find that the penalty is appropriate and not excessive ... Good faith and RJR are mutually exclusive.
higher market prices questions
When prices were higher here than elsewhere, we were told that California's market is an island, ... Now, all of a sudden, we're not an island. Those are the questions we're asking.
contracts convincing forward interest public
We look forward to convincing FERC that maintaining the contracts is in the public interest.
appeal children common exposure graphic protect purpose violence
We think it makes constitutional sense and common sense to protect our children from exposure to senseless, graphic violence that has no purpose other than to appeal to baser instincts.
deal figuring
We are still figuring out how to deal with that.
authority children enforce free handing places ruling tough
This ruling upholds California's authority to enforce tough restrictions on handing out free cigarettes, particularly in places where children are present.
face invasion outrageous seems
On its face it seems like an outrageous invasion of people's privacy.
closed officially short
probe will be officially closed in short order.
according amount energy excess federal formulas money paid reasonable seeking
The money we are seeking is the amount we paid in excess of a just and reasonable rate, according to formulas established by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
bush industry propensity side
Coincidence? Probably not, considering the Bush administration's propensity to formally side with industry in pre-emption litigation,
attorneys closer community district fraud lead local unit
It's not infrequent for local district attorneys to take the lead on fraud investigations. Obviously, that kind of a unit is closer to the community and closer to the problem.
appears civil conduct criminal laws poses privacy seems stages
It seems pretty outrageous. We are still in the preliminary stages of determining ... what criminal and civil laws could be involved. On its face, it appears the conduct poses a substantial privacy and ID-theft problem.
accurate backed claims company effects health looking product regarding safer saying scientific time tobacco whether
Any time we see a tobacco company saying a product is safer than other tobacco products, our antennae go up. We're looking at whether the claims regarding the health effects are factually accurate and backed up by scientific evidence.
This is a long way from being final.