Big Suits: Holiday Wholesale, et al. v. Philip Morris, et al.

Summary:

 

In July, Philip Morris, Inc.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; and Lorillard Tobacco Company stamped out an $11 billion class action suit that accused the cigarette makers of price-fixing.  The plaintiffs, a class of more than 1,200 cigarette vendors, said that the tobacco companies had conspired to set price levels for wholesale cigarettes since 1993.

 

Kirkland & Ellis partners Andrew McGaan, and Stephen Patton and associates Barack Echols and Colin Kass represented Brown & Williamson.