PHAI RELEASES LIFE WITHOUT SMOKE: NEW SURVEY REVEALS STRONG DEMAND FOR SMOKE-FREE HOUSING – Owners indicate growing interest and value in making properties
NEW SURVEY REVEALS STRONG DEMAND FOR SMOKE-FREE HOUSING – Owners indicate growing interest and value in making properties
Off the Map: Extracurricular School Food
The two issue briefs and legal notes published under the theme Off the Map: Extracurricular School Food provide an overview of and legal and policy approaches to improving the extracurricular school food areas of school stores, concessions, fundraisers, and open campus lunch. These extracurricular environments are unique parts of the school food environment, because they […]
Daynard and Gottlieb publish Op/Ed in Boston Globe: “How to fight America’s obesity epidemic”
The article, published on January 8, 2009, addresses some of the 47 policy recommendations that were discussed at our September, 2008 conference and appear in our report to the Obama administration.
PHAI Sends Obama Transition Team Obesity Policy Recommendations
NEW FEDERAL APPROACHES TO OBESITY EPIDEMIC NEEDED: Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University School of Law Provides Obama Transition Team with Legal and Policy Recommendations BOSTON (Nov. 24– President-elect Barak Obama’s Health and Human Services Transition Team today was presented with a series of nearly 50 legal and policy recommendations designed to combat the […]
PHAI Publishes Presentation Slides from Fifth Conference on Public Health, Law and Obesity
The Public Health Advocacy Institute held its Fifth Conference on Public Health, Law, and Obesity on September 19-21, 2008. It was entitled “A Time for Action: An Obesity Agenda for the Next Administration” and was co-sponsored by Public Health Law and Policy. Many of the speakers have permitted us to release the slides they presented […]
Fifth Conference on Public Health, Law, and Obesity
A Time for Action: An Obesity Agenda for the Next Administration. The Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI) along with Public Health Law & Policy (PHLP) is proud to sponsor the Fifth Conference on Public Health, Law, and Obesity to be held September 19, 2008-September 21, 2008 at Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, MA. […]
PHAI Publishes “The Zoning Diet” Kit to Help Communities Limit the Impact of Fast Food and its Advertising
Childhood obesity is a growing problem that poses substantial health risks. Ethnic/racial minorities in low income urban areas disproportionately feel the impact of this problem. The built environment is particularly dense in low income urban areas and impacts a large number of people in a relatively limited space. Fast food and fast food advertising are […]
The Weakening of RICO’s Remedies Provision: Analysis of the Appeals Court’s Decision in USA v. Philip Morris USA, Inc., et al.
This white paper analyzes the equitable remedies provision of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”) as it was interpreted by both the trial and appeals courts in the Department of Justice’s civil RICO case against the major United States cigarette manufacturers. It demonstrates how the appeals court’s decision, which bound the trial court, […]
Potential Master Settlement Agreement Violations Evidenced in Judge Kessler’s Findings in USA v. Philip Morris USA, Inc., et al.
This practice guide examines the court’s lengthy 2006 decision in the U.S. Department of Justice’s racketeering suit against the major American cigarette manufacturers. It highlights the numerous actions of these manufacturers cited in that opinion that may constitute violations of the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement, and it calls for enforcement actions to remedy such violations. Potential […]
A Guide for Plaintiffs’ Attorneys: Using Findings and Resources from USA v. Philip Morris USA, Inc., et al. in Future Claims Against Big Tobacco
PHAI has published this practice guide to help plaintiffs’ attorneys understand the some of the value of the judge’s decision in the U.S. Department of Justice’s racketeering suit against the major American cigarette manufacturers for private practice. It highlights the ways in which attorneys may use this opinion in their future claims against “big tobacco” […]
