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Big Tobacco’s controversial, ailing crusade against plain packaging
The Economist | 4-Aug-2016
Philip Morris International sent a letter to the government of Togo. It outlined how plain packaging would violate binding global and regional agreements. Togo was in no position to anger its international partners, it suggested.
keywords: health, investor-state disputes | ISDS, Togo
Who really won the legal battle between Philip Morris and Uruguay?
The Guardian | 28-Jul-2016
The tobacco giant has to pay $7m to the small South American nation in a dispute over cigarette adverts. But the case could still set a worrying precedent.
keywords: health, investor-state disputes | ISDS, Uruguay
CIADI: decisión a favor de Uruguay en demanda interpuesta por la Philip Morris
| 22-Jul-2016
A raíz de la adopción de una legislación para proteger al fumador contra los efectos del tabaco en el 2008, la empresa multinacional Philip Morris entabló una demanda contra Uruguay ante el Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Disputas entre Inversionista Extranjero y Estado (CIADI, más conocido por sus siglas en inglés ICSID) en el 2010.
keywords: health, ICSID, investor-state disputes | ISDS, Uruguay
What the close decision on Philip Morris tells us about ISDS
Todd N. Tucker (blog) | 21-Jul-2016
All in all, a pretty good decision—although its limitations should be acknowledged.
keywords: health, investor-state disputes | ISDS, Uruguay
Is TPP a public health threat?
Viet Nam News | 21-Jul-2016
The Vietnamese Government should bar certain industries from exploiting the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) lest they damage public health, health activists warned.
keywords: health, investor-state disputes | ISDS, TPP, Vietnam
Celebrating Uruguay’s ISDS victory over Philip Morris?
The Next Turn | 19-Jul-2016
A private ISDS tribunal has just ruled in favor of Uruguay over its tobacco labeling legislation. But why do we even allow this game to take place in the first place, regardless of the chance of a fatal outcome.
keywords: health, investor-state disputes | ISDS, Uruguay
Uruguay - Caso Philip Morris: Falso positivo
La Diaria | 15-Jul-2016
La victoria de Uruguay en el caso Philip Morris no significa que el arbitraje de inversiones no sea muy problemático.
keywords: health, investment | BITs, investor-state disputes | ISDS, Uruguay
Victoire judiciaire de l’Uruguay contre le cigarettier Philip Morris
Euronews | 11-Jul-2016
La justice internationale a donné raison au gouvernement uruguayen dans son bras-de-fer avec le groupe Philip Morris.
keywords: health, investor-state disputes | ISDS, Uruguay
Phillip Morris loses tough-on-tobacco lawsuit in Uruguay
Reuters | 9-Jul-2016
The World Bank’s ICSID ruled in favor of Uruguay in a suit filed by Philip Morris International seeking compensation for economic damages caused by the nation’s anti-tobacco measures.
keywords: health, investor-state disputes | ISDS, Uruguay
Australia-Hong Kong investment ruling released in plain packaging case
ICTSD | 26-May-2016
The tribunal considered that the main and determinative reason for the 2011 restructuring was in order for the tobacco giant to bring a legal claim under the BIT Treaty, using a Hong Kong-based entity.
keywords: Australia, health, Hong Kong, investor-state disputes | ISDS

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