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</div><div>Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our <a href="http://climatecasechart.com/us-climate-change-litigation/" target="blank" rel="noopener" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 1px; text-decoration-line: none;">U.S</a>. and <a href="http://climatecasechart.com/non-us-climate-change-litigation/" target="blank" rel="noopener" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 1px; text-decoration-line: none;">non-U.S.</a> climate litigation charts.  If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate@gmail.com.HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE <a href="https://columbia.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9906c7202590aac6a8bdbb7b9&id=976dc8ca52&e=c70ad85e80" target="blank" rel="noopener" style="padding: 1px; text-decoration-line: none;">CLIMATE CASE CHART</a> SINCE UPDATE # 115.FEATURED CASESupreme Court Denied Stay of Young People’s Constitutional Climate Case, Saying Federal Government Could Ask Ninth Circuit to Stop CaseOn November 2, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order denying the federal government’s application for a stay of district court proceedings in the constitutional climate case brought by young plaintiffs in the District of Oregon. The Court also vacated an administrative stay granted by Chief Justice Roberts on October 19. The federal government had sought a stay pending the Court’s disposition of a petition for a writ of mandamus ordering the district court to dismiss the suit. The trial had been scheduled to start on October 29. The Court said the petition for a writ of mandamus did not have a “fair prospect” of success because the government could still seek mandamus relief in the Ninth Circuit. The Court noted that while the Ninth Circuit had denied two earlier requests for mandamus relief in this case, “the court’s basis for denying relief rested, in large part, on the early stage of the litigation, the likelihood that plaintiffs’ claims would narrow as the case progressed, and the possibility of attaining relief through ordinary dispositive motions.” The Supreme Court indicated that those reasons were, “to a large extent, no longer pertinent” since a 50-day trial was scheduled to begin on October 29, 2018 and had been held in abeyance only because of Chief Justice Roberts’s administrative stay. Justices Gorsuch and Thomas would have granted the stay.Earlier in October, the district court largely denied the federal government’s dispositive motions in the case. The district court granted in part and denied in part motions for summary judgment and judgment on the pleadings. The court declined to rule for the defendants at this stage on the primary claims advanced by the plaintiffs: a “state-created danger” due process claim and a public trust claim. The court dismissed President Trump from the action (but without prejudice) and also granted summary judgment to the defendants on the plaintiffs’ Ninth Amendment claim and on an equal protection claim based on “posterity” being a suspect classification. The district court said, however, that an equal protection claim based on alleged interference with a right to a climate system capable of sustaining human life would be aided by further development of a factual record. The district court rejected arguments that the case was required to be heard under the Administrative Procedure Act; that separation of powers principles foreclosed the plaintiffs’ claims; that plaintiffs lacked standing; and that there is no right to a climate system capable of sustaining human life. The district court declined to certify its decisions for interlocutory appeal. On the same day, the district court denied the government’s motion for a stay pending Supreme Court review.On October 12, a few days prior to the district court’s ruling on the dispositive motions and denial of the government’s motion for a stay, the government filed a third petition for writ of mandamus in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, also seeking a stay of district court proceedings pending Supreme Court review. On November 2, 2018, just hours before the Supreme Court denied the government’s stay application, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order denying the federal government’s request. The Ninth Circuit said that Chief Justice Roberts’s granting of a stay of the litigation on October 19 rendered the government’s “non-substantive” motion moot.Correction: The October monthly update indicated incorrectly that the trial in Juliana v. United States was expected to last two weeks. Lawyers for the parties estimated that the trial would last 50 days or 8 to 12 weeks.<a href="https://columbia.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9906c7202590aac6a8bdbb7b9&id=e47d5a2fc3&e=6264778cd5" target="blank" rel="noopener" style="padding: 1px; text-decoration-line: none;">In re United States</a>, No. 18-505/18A-410 (U.S. Nov. 2, 2018); <a href="https://columbia.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9906c7202590aac6a8bdbb7b9&id=14970173f5&e=6264778cd5" target="blank" rel="noopener" style="padding: 1px; text-decoration-line: none;">United States v. U.S. District Court for District of Oregon</a>, No. 18-72776 (9th Cir. Nov. 2, 2018); <a href="https://columbia.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9906c7202590aac6a8bdbb7b9&id=2b9695f964&e=6264778cd5" target="blank" rel="noopener" style="padding: 1px; text-decoration-line: none;">Juliana v. United States</a>, No. 6:15-cv-1517 (D. Or. Oct. 15, 2018). Link to case page is available <a href="https://columbia.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9906c7202590aac6a8bdbb7b9&id=6ac52b0247&e=6264778cd5" target="blank" rel="noopener" style="padding: 1px; text-decoration-line: none;">here</a>.
DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTSSupreme Court Declined to Consider Appeals of D.C. Circuit Ruling That EPA Lacked Authority to Issue Rule Restricting HFCs with High Global Warming Potential...</div><div>=</div><div>=<div><a href="https://www.republicreport.org/2018/who-kavanaugh-is-really-for-big-corporations/">https://www.republicreport.org/2018/who-kavanaugh-is-really-for-big-corporations/</a>refBrett Kavanaugh now faces a credible charge of sexual assault, as well as <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/20/brett-kavanaughs-unlikely-story-about-democrats-stolen-documents/?utm_term=.5ee3cd226b07" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">powerful evidence that he repeatedly lied</a> to the Senate to conceal, among other bad deeds, his improper use of stolen documents as a Bush White House aide. Even religious conservatives and others at the grassroots who have supported Kavanaugh should take this moment to reconsider whether this particularly nominee is worth fighting for. Because, although as a Supreme Court justice Kavanaugh might well vote to advance the social conservative agenda, his real specialty as a judge has been supporting large corporations and harming the interests of American workers and consumers. And the millions of dollars supporting his candidacy are coming from a network of Washington lobbyists and big business interests.Here are some of the key figures in the corporate special interest network that’s aiming to put Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court:— C. Boyden Gray is the D.C. swamp personified. He’s a corporate lobbyist who was the White House counsel under President George H.W. Bush. He has been a central player in pushing GOP judicial nominees for decades, while also serving the interests of some of America’s wealthiest corporations. Gray published an <a href="https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/yes-kavanaugh-hes-a-thorn-to-cronyism-and-big-bureaucracy/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">essay</a> this month arguing that Kavanaugh should be confirmed in part because he will protect the rights of small businesses over those of big business and big government. But the argument hardly seems credible coming from Gray, whose own business is based on trading on the relationships he developed as a top Washington insider to advance the interests of <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/C.Boyden_Gray" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">clients in the oil and chemical industries</a> and other monied special interests.Gray, a wealthy heir to the R.J. Reynolds tobacco fortune, has served on the board of the corporate-backed legal group the Federalist Society as well as of Citizens for a Sound Economy, a business group that was founded by the billionaire oil and chemical industry Koch brothers and later morphed into the Koch advocacy mega-operation Americans for Prosperity. Gray invited President Trump to his fancy Georgetown home earlier this year for a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/us/politics/trump-donor-dinner-georgetown.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">dinner with wealthy Republican donors</a>, including other lobbyists and oil and banking executives, as part of efforts to raise $100 million this year, mostly in big donations, to support Trump and GOP candidates.—The Judicial Crisis Network (JCN) is the conservative advocacy group that is leading a multi-million dollar public campaign, <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/17/kavanaugh-ad-judicial-crisis-network-826088" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">with heavy TV advertising</a>, to confirm Kavanaugh. <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/05/group-that-spent-millions-to-boost-gorsuch-also-paid-mysterious-inaugural-donor/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">JCN</a> is guided by <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-secrets-of-leonard-leo-the-man-behind-trumps-supreme-court-pick" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Leonard Leo</a>, who is also the executive vice president of <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/19/politics/brett-kavanaugh-federalist-society-emails/index.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">the Federalist Society</a>, and the man who has Trump’s ear when it comes to picking judges. The “dark money” JCN doesn’t reveal its donors, but it’s <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/05/group-that-spent-millions-to-boost-gorsuch-also-paid-mysterious-inaugural-donor/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">tied</a> to the political network of the Koch brothers, <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Judicial_Crisis_Network" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Boyden Gray</a>, and <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2015/03/the-jcn-story-building-a-secretive-gop-judicial-machine/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">mysterious wealthy contributors</a>. JCN was launched with <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2017/03/wellsprings-dark-money-crucial-to-trump-orbit/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">seed money from real estate magnate Robin Arkley II</a> — who has made big money foreclosing on the homes of working people.— Jon Kyl was, until recently, a lobbyist at the DC mega law firm Covington & Burling, which has represented big tobacco’s Philip Morris, oil giant BP, retailer Wal-mart, energy and construction titan Halliburton, and other big corporations. Last year, the <a href="https://splinternews.com/trumps-supreme-court-nomination-already-reeks-of-dc-sle-1827456544" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Judicial Crisis Network paid Kyl</a>, who had been a U.S. senator from Arizona, to push the nomination of Trump’s previous Supreme Court pick, Neil Gorsuch. The Trump administration this year hired Kyl to shepherd the Kavanaugh nomination, a role that ended when Arizona’s governor tapped Kyl to return to the Senate to take John McCain’s seat and, presumably, to vote to confirm Kavanaugh for the high court.— Lisa Blatt wrote an article last month entitled, “I’m a Liberal Feminist Lawyer. Here’s Why Democrats Should Support Judge Kavanaugh,” and she introduced Kavanaugh at his Senate hearing. Each time, in vouching for Kavanaugh as a person of integrity and empathy, Blatt stressed her liberal credentials as well as her impressive background as a lawyer who has argued before the Supreme Court more times than any other woman. What Blatt failed to explain is that <a href="https://www.republicreport.org/2018/liberal-democrat-lawyers-backing-kavanaugh-dont-tell-you-they-represent-big-corporations/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">she’s a partner at the big DC corporate law firm Arnold & Porter</a>, where she represents giant tobacco and pharmaceutical interests seeking to defeat claims by workers and consumers.We haven’t heard from the feminist Blatt in the wake of Christine Blasey Ford’s allegation that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her during high school, but a group of D.C. Republican women have spoken out on his behalf. As <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/19/republicans-on-k-street-kavanaugh-830722?nname=playbook&nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&nrid=00000159-6479-d08b-ad7f-7cfbb17b0000&nlid=630318" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Politico reports</a>, there are a lot of lobbyists for big corporations, like Dow Chemical and Citigroup, in this band of women for Kavanaugh.—The Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) is running a <a href="https://www.republicreport.org/2018/republican-attorneys-general-use-corporate-cash-to-lobby-for-kavanaugh/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">“Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh!” campaign</a> on its website. State attorneys general frequently represent their states before the U.S. Supreme Court, and the concept of a group of them lobbying for their own Supreme Court justice is ethically concerning. But it’s worse when you consider that RAGA’s activities are funded by big corporations. RAGA’s biggest donor — providing $2.9 million in 2017 and $1.7 million already in 2018 — is the Judicial Crisis Network. It also gets money from numerous large corporations including Koch Industries, ExxonMobil, Monsanto, Facebook, Altria, Coca Cola, Wal-Mart, Mastercard, Johnson and Johnson, UPS, and Murray Energy, as well as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Rifle Association (<a href="http://documentedinvestigations.org/2018/02/26/nra-second-highest-donor-republican-attorneys-general-association-2017/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">RAGA’s second largest donor in 2017</a>).— The Ethics and Public Policy Center is a Washington think tank whose president, Edward Whelan, briefly shook up the Kavanaugh debate Thursday night when he played Twitter Sherlock Holmes and accused a Kavanaugh classmate by name as the possible assaulter — only to delete his thread and apologize the next morning for “an appalling and inexcusable mistake of judgment.” Whelan is a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/kavanaugh-ally-says-he-did-not-communicate-with-white-house-or-supreme-court-nominee-about-theory-of-another-attacker/2018/09/21/88335f1a-bdaa-11e8-b7d2-0773aa1e33da_story.html?utm_term=.0d1ebbc5ed1a" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">close friend of Leonard Leo and of Brett Kavanaugh</a>, with whom he worked in the George W. Bush White House. In devising this Twitter rollout, Whelan was <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/21/ed-whelan-kavanaugh-tweets-pr-firm-836405" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">advised by the big DC PR firm CRC Public Relations</a>; CRC’s <a href="http://www.crcpublicrelations.com/Clients.aspx" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">clients</a> include the Judicial Crisis Network (<a href="https://twitter.com/NickSurgey/status/1043327986970386433" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">$3 million from JCN to CRC in 2016</a>), the Federalist Society, and the Kochs’ Americans for Prosperity, as well as <a href="http://www.crcpublicrelations.com/Casestudies.aspx" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">corporations</a> including Chevron, Visa, and Microsoft. [UPDATE 09-22-18 11:30 am: Garrett Ventry, a Grassley Judiciary Committee communications aide on leave from CRC, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/spokesman-gop-kavanaugh-nomination-resigns-has-been-accused-harassment-past-n912156" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">resigned this morning</a> after it was reported that he left his previous job amid a charge of sexual harassment.] The Ethics and Public Policy Center has received <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ethics_and_Public_Policy_Center" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">funding</a> from the family foundations of the billionaire industrialist Koch brothers as well as other wealthy interests.Why are all these corporations and swampy DC lobbyists fighting so hard for Brett Kavanaugh? They have important interests, every year, in cases before the U.S. Supreme Court — cases that decide whether companies can bust unions and discriminate against workers, whether banks must treat customers honestly, whether companies must treat investors fairly, whether big tech companies can charge tolls to use the Internet and can spy on customers, whether predatory for-profit colleges can get away with deceiving students, whether makers of defective products and dangerous pharmaceutical can get away with harming consumers, and whether companies can create monopolies that allow them to control markets and jack up prices.While a range of Americans are focused on the impact of a five-justice conservative bloc on issues like civil rights, reproductive choice, and other political values, perhaps the most powerful and unifying feature of such a bloc would be its deference to the interests of big business over workers and consumers.Brett Kavanaugh’s <a href="https://www.chamberofcommercewatch.org/judge-kavanaugh-business-decisions/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">record</a> as a <a href="https://www.citizen.org/sites/default/files/kavanaugh-first-amendment-08-29-2018.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">judge</a> on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit <a href="https://www.citizen.org/media/press-releases/us-court-appeals-kavanaugh-sided-corporations-87-percent-time-split-decisions" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">shows</a> that he has usually sided with big business interests — like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Association of Manufacturers, the American Petroleum Institute — in cases involving protection of labor, consumers, health, safety, and the environment.That’s why big money and big corporations want so badly to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, despite enormous questions about his honesty and integrity.=</div></div>=
Arnold & Porter, an "international law firm specializing in cross-border regulatory, transactional, and litigation issues, particularly as they relate to the pharmaceutical and medical technology industries," currently has seven offices worldwide and, in 2002, employed 687 attorneys.The firm's Managing Partner is <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=James_Sandman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James Sandman (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">James Sandman</a>. Arnold & Porter was founded "shortly after World War II" by "three veterans of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=New_Deal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="New Deal (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">New Deal</a> ... as Arnold, Fortas & Porter." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.arnoldporter.com/" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">[1]</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.fdanews.com/bus-directory/23.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">[2]</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.vault.com/companies/company_main.jsp?co_page=1&product_id=377&ch_id=242" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">[3]</a>"<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thurman_Arnold" title="Thurman Arnold" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Thurman Arnold</a> was a former law professor and law school dean, Assistant Attorney General, and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Abe_Fortas" title="Abe Fortas" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Abe Fortas</a>, who would later become a Supreme Court Justice, also served in various government positions, including Undersecretary of the Interior. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Paul_Porter&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paul Porter (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Paul Porter</a> was a former Chairman of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Federal Communications Commission</a> and Administrator of the wartime Office of Price Administration ... Many of the firm's attorneys have held senior positions in such U.S. government agencies as the Departments of State, Justice, and Treasury, the<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Federal_Reserve_Board" title="Federal Reserve Board" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Federal Reserve Board</a>, the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Federal_Trade_Commission" title="Federal Trade Commission" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Federal Trade Commission</a>, the Federal Communications Commission, the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Central Intelligence Agency</a>, and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Securities_and_Exchange_Commission" title="Securities and Exchange Commission" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Securities and Exchange Commission</a>." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.arnoldporter.com/overview_history.cfm" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">[4]</a>The firm's name was previously "Arnold, Fortas & Porter"; Supreme Court Justice <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Abe_Fortas" title="Abe Fortas" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Abe Fortas</a> was a partner.(E. Whelan 1984). The firm was first retained by Philip Morris in 1963.(E. Whelan 1984)They note that: "Our team is not only comprised of top lawyers from America and Europe's best colleges and law schools, but of doctors, biologists, chemists, public policy professionals, and former high-ranking officials from the US government. In fact, over 80 of our partners have served in positions in the US government, from the Federal Trade Commission to the Department of Justice to the US Congress." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arnold%26_Porter#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a> Moreover, "Arnold & Porter LLP has one of the world's leading law firm pro bono programs." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arnold%26_Porter#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 19.2px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">"Arnold, Fortas & Porter was the only major law firm in the United States willing to represent the victims of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/McCarthyism" title="McCarthyism" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">McCarthyism</a>. In 1950, Senator McCarthy made a false charge that an Asian affairs expert named <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Owen_Lattimore" title="Owen Lattimore" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Owen Lattimore</a> was the "top Communist espionage agent" in the country, instantaneously making Lattimore the most reviled man in America. Within hours, future Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas (soon joined by <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thurman_Arnold" title="Thurman Arnold" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Thurman Arnold</a>) signed on for a bitterly protracted legal battle, including the longest ever grilling of a single person by a congressional committee, as well as an indictment for perjury because Lattimore denied being a Communist "sympathizer."</dd></dl><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 19.2px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">"The firm ultimately defeated all of these charges, and its courage in taking Lattimore's case brought numerous other victims of McCarthyism to our door. At their height, our lawyers were devoting approximately half of their working hours to such pro bono cases. Our founders' stand for justice set a standard for commitment to public service that has been a core value of our firm ever since." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arnold%26_Porter#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a></dd></dl><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); padding: 7px; display: table; zoom: 1; line-height: 19.2px;"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arnold%26_Porter#Arnold.26_Porter_and_the_Tobacco_Industry" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none;"> Arnold & Porter and the Tobacco Industry</a></div><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arnold%26_Porter#Working_for_Colombia" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">2 Working for Colombia</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arnold%26_Porter#Contact_information" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">3 Contact information</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arnold%26_Porter#Resources_and_articles" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">4 Resources and articles</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arnold%26_Porter#Related_Sourcewatch_articles" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">4.1 Related Sourcewatch articles</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arnold%26_Porter#References" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">4.2 References</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arnold%26_Porter#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">4.3 External links</a></li></ul></li></ul></div><h2 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 19.2px;">Arnold & Porter and the Tobacco Industry</h2>According to the company's website "Arnold & Porter serves as national counsel for <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Philip_Morris" title="Philip Morris" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Philip Morris</a> in lawsuits seeking to hold the company liable for illnesses allegedly caused by smoking, including the recent <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Medicare" title="Medicare" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Medicare</a> reimbursement cases brought by the states and numerous state class action lawsuits brought by plaintiffs seeking to recover for alleged tobacco-related illnesses.""The firm also tried the widely publicized cases, Cipollone v. Liggett, et al., which resulted in a favorable jury verdict for Philip Morris. Further, the firm participated in the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Supreme_Court" title="Supreme Court" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Supreme Court</a> proceedings which established that certain claims against tobacco manufacturers are pre-empted by federal law" it states. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.arnoldandporter.com/practice.cfm?practice_id=15" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">[5]</a>A 1993 internal budget review document for the Philip Morris group of companies has Arnold and Porter listed with a budget line item of $1,100,000. The accompanying description states “Provides legal advice to the PM family on the tort project and counsels the PM Family on tort related matters that relate to compliance issues about lobbying, political and tort coalition contributions”.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/wqq02a00" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">[6]</a>In their book The Moral Compass of the American Lawyer Richard Zitrin & Carol M. Langford noted that in 1968 Arnold & Porter suggested routing public opinion survey work via lawyers as a way of being able to shield the results from discovery. The survey was intended to indicate that Americans were aware of the risks of smoking. "Should the results prove unfavorable," they cited one memo stating, "there will be nothing in the [survey takers'] records to subpoena...." The information would be harder to discover "if the survey were in an attorney's files."<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.lectlaw.com/filesh/zbk01.htm" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">[7]</a>In a remarkable memorandum written in 1988 by A&P lawyer Thomas Silfen, Silfen muses about what can be done "to relieve the [tobacco] industry's long agony over health issues--to get the industry out of the 'it hasn't been proven' trap once and for all." Silfen mulls over the utility of the industry's stance that the connection between smoking and disease "hasn't been proven," and discloses its shortfalls when it comes to litigation and public health:<dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 19.2px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">In litigation, we have sought to defuse the issue by adopting the slightly softened risk factor position: i.e., there is a statistical association which could possibly be causal, but the evidence is still not conclusive. Out of court, and especially before Congress, that position will not suffice. When the issue is public health not scientific proof, admitting that tobacco is a 'risk' actually highlights the hard questions. How big is the risk: is it 20% proven or 40% proven or 55%?... Given that risk, how many people die from smoking: if not 350,000, is it 200,000 or 100,000? What would it take to convince us that it is proven; are we waiting until every doctor in the world agrees? And what are we going to do once we are finally convinced; will we stop selling the, product, as some company officials have said in the past?</dd></dl>Despite this, Silfen argues against admitting that cigarettes cause disease, putting higher priority on the image and liability problems that would be caused if the industry admitted that cigarettes kill people. Silfen counsels that abandoning the industry's long-standing "case isn't proven" stance without a sizeable scientific event<dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 19.2px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">...would look bad in the public forum and, perhaps, in court as well. More importantly, admitting causation leaves the really significant public health questions unanswered: What do we do next? Do we stop selling cigarettes altogether or stop advertising or submit to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/FDA" title="FDA" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">FDA</a> jurisdiction? We are right back on the spot, maybe worse off.</dd></dl>Silfen envies the model of the alcohol industry, since their product has similar problems. He wrote,"Why do we tolerate alcohol sales and promotion, despite the attendant death, crime and misery? Several elements seem to contribute. Everybody knows the danger of alcohol (or at least, we all assume that everybody knows). The alcohol manufacturers do not deny the negative aspects of their product and, in fact, counsel both moderation and adult use....as a matter of law, alcohol use is restricted to adults. Finally, we tried prohibition in this country and it was a miserable failure. That is the position we want for tobacco. Once a product is used only by fully informed, competent adults, all that remains (we would say) is prohibition.However, Silfen recognized a major difference from the "alcohol model":<dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 19.2px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Cohen tells us that we have created an inconsistent information environment in which vulnerable smokers are able to disbelieve even the best known health warnings. This is, of course, a major difference from the 'alcohol model.' <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/hon88d00" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">[8]</a></dd></dl>Arnold & Porter represented Philip Morris in the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rose_Defrancesco_Cipollone" title="Rose Defrancesco Cipollone" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Rose Defrancesco Cipollone</a> lawsuit, in which the plaintiff, who began smoking in 1942 and died of cancer in 1984, accused tobacco companies of failure to adequately warn the public about the potential lethality and addictiveness of their cigarettes. The jury awarded her husband, Antonio Cipollone, $400,000, representing the tobacco industry's first loss in a courtroom.The company also has an extensive involvement in environmental litigation.<h2 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 19.2px;">Working for Colombia</h2>In March 2005 Arnold & Porter was retained by the Colombian government "to provide advice concerning external capital markets and other financial transactions, including with respect to the application of U.S. laws and regulations applicable thereto, as well as advice on other matters from time to time requested by the Ministry of Finance of Colombia. Included in this latter category is advice on legal issues concerning certain aspects of the Free Trade Agreement negotiation betweren the Republic of Colombia and the United States." Under the agreement A&P a series of payments were scheduled to be paid to the company on completion of various steps including capital raising.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arnold%26_Porter#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[4]</a><h2 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 19.2px;">Contact information</h2><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 19.2px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Arnold & Porter</dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">555 Twelfth Street, NW</dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Washington, DC 20004-1206</dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Phone: 202.942.5000</dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Web: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.arnoldporter.com/" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">www.arnoldporter.com</a></dd></dl>Also: Offices in Northern Virginia, New York, Los Angeles, Century City, CA, London, and Denver.
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<h2 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 19.2px;">Resources and articles</h2><h3 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 19.2px;">Related Sourcewatch articles</h3><ul style="line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII="); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jack_Quinn" title="Jack Quinn" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Jack Quinn</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/APCO_Worldwide" title="APCO Worldwide" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">APCO Worldwide</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/James_F.Fitzpatrick" title="James F. Fitzpatrick" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">James F. Fitzpatrick</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bonner_Cohen" title="Bonner Cohen" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Bonner Cohen</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/David_Bonderman" title="David Bonderman" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">David Bonderman</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Daniel_C.Esty" title="Daniel C. Esty" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Daniel C. Esty</a></li></ul><h3 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 19.2px;">References</h3><ol class="references" style="line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 3.2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li id="cite_note-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arnold%26_Porter#cite_ref-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.arnoldporter.com/about_the_firm_who_we_are.cfm" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">Who we are</a>, Arnold & Porter, accessed November 18, 2008.</li><li id="cite_note-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arnold%26_Porter#cite_ref-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.arnoldporter.com/about_the_firm_pro_bono_our_commitment.cfm" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">Pro Bono</a>, Arnold & Porter, accessed November 18, 2008.</li><li id="cite_note-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arnold%26_Porter#cite_ref-3" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.arnoldporter.com/about_the_firm_pro_bono_our_program.cfm" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">Then and Now</a>, Arnold & Porter, accessed November 18, 2008.</li><li id="cite_note-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arnold_%26_Porter#cite_ref-4" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fara.gov/docs/1750-Exhibit-AB-20050323-IEFJ9304.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAATklEQVR4XmXKQQqAMAwF0X/7XsSz9CSKiyIIFRFcjMmihmiGbB5fqDCaQJ4j46pzYLUWe+cXZ6OVBhTS0srY2Njp/+XxXXZOLu6EUWAOPX1vnwTBe6qQAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">"Exhibit B; Registration Statement Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended"</a>, March 23, 2005, page 3.</li></ol><h3 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 19.2px;">External links</h3><ul style="line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII="); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.arnoldandporter.com/practice.cfm?practice_id=15" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">http://www.arnoldandporter.com/practice.cfm?practice_id=15</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Philip Morris, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/wqq02a00" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">Corporate Affairs: corporate cost review</a>", Bates No 2046996735, July 1993 (estimated), page 4</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.lectlaw.com/filesh/zbk01.htm" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">http://www.lectlaw.com/filesh/zbk01.htm</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lectlaw.com/filesh/zbk01.htm" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">The Special Privileges of Tobacco</a>", citing Richard Zitrin & Carol M. Langford in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345433149/" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">The Moral Compass of the American Lawyer</a>, Ballantine Books, 1999.</li></ul>This article may include <a href="http://tobaccodocuments.org/profiles/people/arnold_porter.html" class="external text" title="http://tobaccodocuments.org/profiles/people/arnold_porter.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">information from Tobacco Documents Online</a>.

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Arnold & Porter, an "international law firm specializing in cross-border regulatory, transactional, and litigation issues, particularly as they relate to the pharmaceutical and medical technology industries," currently has seven offices worldwide and, in 2002, employed 687 attorneys.

The firm's Managing Partner is <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=James_Sandman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James Sandman (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">James Sandman</a>. Arnold & Porter was founded "shortly after World War II" by "three veterans of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=New_Deal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="New Deal (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">New Deal</a> ... as Arnold, Fortas & Porter." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.arnoldporter.com/" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">[1]</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.fdanews.com/bus-directory/23.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">[2]</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.vault.com/companies/company_main.jsp?co_page=1&product_id=377&ch_id=242" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">[3]</a>

"<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thurman_Arnold" title="Thurman Arnold" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Thurman Arnold</a> was a former law professor and law school dean, Assistant Attorney General, and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Abe_Fortas" title="Abe Fortas" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Abe Fortas</a>, who would later become a Supreme Court Justice, also served in various government positions, including Undersecretary of the Interior. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Paul_Porter&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paul Porter (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Paul Porter</a> was a former Chairman of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Federal Communications Commission</a> and Administrator of the wartime Office of Price Administration ... Many of the firm's attorneys have held senior positions in such U.S. government agencies as the Departments of State, Justice, and Treasury, the<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Federal_Reserve_Board" title="Federal Reserve Board" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Federal Reserve Board</a>, the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Federal_Trade_Commission" title="Federal Trade Commission" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Federal Trade Commission</a>, the Federal Communications Commission, the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Central Intelligence Agency</a>, and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Securities_and_Exchange_Commission" title="Securities and Exchange Commission" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Securities and Exchange Commission</a>." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.arnoldporter.com/overview_history.cfm" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">[4]</a>

The firm's name was previously "Arnold, Fortas & Porter"; Supreme Court Justice <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Abe_Fortas" title="Abe Fortas" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Abe Fortas</a> was a partner.(E. Whelan 1984). The firm was first retained by Philip Morris in 1963.(E. Whelan 1984)

They note that: "Our team is not only comprised of top lawyers from America and Europe's best colleges and law schools, but of doctors, biologists, chemists, public policy professionals, and former high-ranking officials from the US government. In fact, over 80 of our partners have served in positions in the US government, from the Federal Trade Commission to the Department of Justice to the US Congress." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arnold%26_Porter#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a> Moreover, "Arnold & Porter LLP has one of the world's leading law firm pro bono programs." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arnold%26_Porter#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a>

"Arnold, Fortas & Porter was the only major law firm in the United States willing to represent the victims of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/McCarthyism" title="McCarthyism" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">McCarthyism</a>. In 1950, Senator McCarthy made a false charge that an Asian affairs expert named <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Owen_Lattimore" title="Owen Lattimore" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Owen Lattimore</a> was the "top Communist espionage agent" in the country, instantaneously making Lattimore the most reviled man in America. Within hours, future Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas (soon joined by <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thurman_Arnold" title="Thurman Arnold" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Thurman Arnold</a>) signed on for a bitterly protracted legal battle, including the longest ever grilling of a single person by a congressional committee, as well as an indictment for perjury because Lattimore denied being a Communist "sympathizer."

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<dd style=" line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">"The firm ultimately defeated all of these charges, and its courage in taking Lattimore's case brought numerous other victims of McCarthyism to our door. At their height, our lawyers were devoting approximately half of their working hours to such pro bono cases. Our founders' stand for justice set a standard for commitment to public service that has been a core value of our firm ever since." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arnold_%26_Porter#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a></dd>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arnold%26_Porter#Arnold.26_Porter_and_the_Tobacco_Industry" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">1 Arnold & Porter and the Tobacco Industry</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arnold_%26_Porter#Working_for_Colombia" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">2 Working for Colombia</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arnold_%26_Porter#Contact_information" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">3 Contact information</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arnold_%26_Porter#Resources_and_articles" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">4 Resources and articles</a>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arnold_%26_Porter#Related_Sourcewatch_articles" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">4.1 Related Sourcewatch articles</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arnold_%26_Porter#References" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">4.2 References</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arnold_%26_Porter#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">4.3 External links</a></li>

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<h2 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.2px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Arnold & Porter and the Tobacco Industry</h2>

<p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.2px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">According to the company's website "Arnold & Porter serves as national counsel for <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Philip_Morris" title="Philip Morris" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Philip Morris</a> in lawsuits seeking to hold the company liable for illnesses allegedly caused by smoking, including the recent <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Medicare" title="Medicare" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Medicare</a> reimbursement cases brought by the states and numerous state class action lawsuits brought by plaintiffs seeking to recover for alleged tobacco-related illnesses."

"The firm also tried the widely publicized cases, Cipollone v. Liggett, et al., which resulted in a favorable jury verdict for Philip Morris. Further, the firm participated in the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Supreme_Court" title="Supreme Court" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Supreme Court</a> proceedings which established that certain claims against tobacco manufacturers are pre-empted by federal law" it states. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.arnoldandporter.com/practice.cfm?practice_id=15" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">[5]</a>

A 1993 internal budget review document for the Philip Morris group of companies has Arnold and Porter listed with a budget line item of $1,100,000. The accompanying description states “Provides legal advice to the PM family on the tort project and counsels the PM Family on tort related matters that relate to compliance issues about lobbying, political and tort coalition contributions”.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/wqq02a00" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">[6]</a>

In their book The Moral Compass of the American Lawyer Richard Zitrin & Carol M. Langford noted that in 1968 Arnold & Porter suggested routing public opinion survey work via lawyers as a way of being able to shield the results from discovery. The survey was intended to indicate that Americans were aware of the risks of smoking. "Should the results prove unfavorable," they cited one memo stating, "there will be nothing in the [survey takers'] records to subpoena...." The information would be harder to discover "if the survey were in an attorney's files."<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.lectlaw.com/filesh/zbk01.htm" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">[7]</a>

In a remarkable memorandum written in 1988 by A&P lawyer Thomas Silfen, Silfen muses about what can be done "to relieve the [tobacco] industry's long agony over health issues--to get the industry out of the 'it hasn't been proven' trap once and for all." Silfen mulls over the utility of the industry's stance that the connection between smoking and disease "hasn't been proven," and discloses its shortfalls when it comes to litigation and public health:

<dd style=" line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">In litigation, we have sought to defuse the issue by adopting the slightly softened risk factor position: i.e., there is a statistical association which could possibly be causal, but the evidence is still not conclusive. Out of court, and especially before Congress, that position will not suffice. When the issue is public health not scientific proof, admitting that tobacco is a 'risk' actually highlights the hard questions. How big is the risk: is it 20% proven or 40% proven or 55%?... Given that risk, how many people die from smoking: if not 350,000, is it 200,000 or 100,000? What would it take to convince us that it is proven; are we waiting until every doctor in the world agrees? And what are we going to do once we are finally convinced; will we stop selling the, product, as some company officials have said in the past?</dd>

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<dd style=" line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">...would look bad in the public forum and, perhaps, in court as well. More importantly, admitting causation leaves the really significant public health questions unanswered: What do we do next? Do we stop selling cigarettes altogether or stop advertising or submit to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/FDA" title="FDA" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">FDA</a> jurisdiction? We are right back on the spot, maybe worse off.</dd>

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"Why do we tolerate alcohol sales and promotion, despite the attendant death, crime and misery? Several elements seem to contribute. Everybody knows the danger of alcohol (or at least, we all assume that everybody knows). The alcohol manufacturers do not deny the negative aspects of their product and, in fact, counsel both moderation and adult use....as a matter of law, alcohol use is restricted to adults. Finally, we tried prohibition in this country and it was a miserable failure. That is the position we want for tobacco. Once a product is used only by fully informed, competent adults, all that remains (we would say) is prohibition.

However, Silfen recognized a major difference from the "alcohol model":

<dd style=" line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Cohen tells us that we have created an inconsistent information environment in which vulnerable smokers are able to disbelieve even the best known health warnings. This is, of course, a major difference from the 'alcohol model.' <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/hon88d00" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">[8]</a></dd>

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<p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.2px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Arnold & Porter represented Philip Morris in the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rose_Defrancesco_Cipollone" title="Rose Defrancesco Cipollone" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Rose Defrancesco Cipollone</a> lawsuit, in which the plaintiff, who began smoking in 1942 and died of cancer in 1984, accused tobacco companies of failure to adequately warn the public about the potential lethality and addictiveness of their cigarettes. The jury awarded her husband, Antonio Cipollone, $400,000, representing the tobacco industry's first loss in a courtroom.

The company also has an extensive involvement in environmental litigation.

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<p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.2px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In March 2005 Arnold & Porter was retained by the Colombian government "to provide advice concerning external capital markets and other financial transactions, including with respect to the application of U.S. laws and regulations applicable thereto, as well as advice on other matters from time to time requested by the Ministry of Finance of Colombia. Included in this latter category is advice on legal issues concerning certain aspects of the Free Trade Agreement negotiation betweren the Republic of Colombia and the United States." Under the agreement A&P a series of payments were scheduled to be paid to the company on completion of various steps including capital raising.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arnold_%26_Porter#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[4]</a>

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<dd style=" line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">555 Twelfth Street, NW</dd>

<dd style=" line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Washington, DC 20004-1206</dd>

<dd style=" line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Phone: 202.942.5000</dd>

<dd style=" line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Web: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.arnoldporter.com/" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">www.arnoldporter.com</a></dd>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jack_Quinn" title="Jack Quinn" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Jack Quinn</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/APCO_Worldwide" title="APCO Worldwide" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">APCO Worldwide</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/James_F._Fitzpatrick" title="James F. Fitzpatrick" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">James F. Fitzpatrick</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bonner_Cohen" title="Bonner Cohen" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Bonner Cohen</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/David_Bonderman" title="David Bonderman" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">David Bonderman</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Daniel_C._Esty" title="Daniel C. Esty" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Daniel C. Esty</a></li>

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<li id="cite_note-1" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arnold_%26_Porter#cite_ref-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style=" top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.arnoldporter.com/about_the_firm_who_we_are.cfm" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">Who we are</a>, Arnold & Porter, accessed November 18, 2008.</li>

<li id="cite_note-2" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arnold_%26_Porter#cite_ref-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style=" top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.arnoldporter.com/about_the_firm_pro_bono_our_commitment.cfm" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">Pro Bono</a>, Arnold & Porter, accessed November 18, 2008.</li>

<li id="cite_note-3" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arnold_%26_Porter#cite_ref-3" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style=" top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.arnoldporter.com/about_the_firm_pro_bono_our_program.cfm" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">Then and Now</a>, Arnold & Porter, accessed November 18, 2008.</li>

<li id="cite_note-4" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arnold_%26_Porter#cite_ref-4" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style=" top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fara.gov/docs/1750-Exhibit-AB-20050323-IEFJ9304.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAATklEQVR4XmXKQQqAMAwF0X/7XsSz9CSKiyIIFRFcjMmihmiGbB5fqDCaQJ4j46pzYLUWe+cXZ6OVBhTS0srY2Njp/+XxXXZOLu6EUWAOPX1vnwTBe6qQAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">"Exhibit B; Registration Statement Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended"</a>, March 23, 2005, page 3.</li>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.arnoldandporter.com/practice.cfm?practice_id=15" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">http://www.arnoldandporter.com/practice.cfm?practice_id=15</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Philip Morris, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/wqq02a00" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">Corporate Affairs: corporate cost review</a>", Bates No 2046996735, July 1993 (estimated), page 4</li>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lectlaw.com/filesh/zbk01.htm" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">The Special Privileges of Tobacco</a>", citing Richard Zitrin & Carol M. Langford in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345433149/" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">The Moral Compass of the American Lawyer</a>, Ballantine Books, 1999.</li>

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