PHILADELPIHIA INQUIRER: Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane on Thursday asked a Philadelphia court to overturn a ruling that stripped the state of nearly $170 million in tobacco settlement payments.
In a motion filed in Common Pleas Court, Kane argued that an arbitration panel’s ruling last month that penalized the state for failing to “diligently enforce” laws requiring the collection of taxes and other payments from tobacco companies was unfair.
“The arbitration panel’s decision penalizes Pennsylvania for factors the panel clearly allowed for other states,” Kane said in a statement… (more)
