‘Plain Packaging’ of Tobacco Lawsuit Likely to Be Heard in December

British American Tobacco (BAT) expects its legal challenge to the implementation of "plain packaging" of tobacco in Britain to be heard in court in December, with possible final resolution by the end of 2016, a senior executive said. "We expect a hearing in December," Jerome Abelman, BAT's director of legal and external affairs, told reporters on Wednesday, adding that "whatever the decision, there will likely be appeals." Britain adopted a law in...

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