WASHINGTON, July 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department plans to target tobacco companies' marketing practices in litigation to get under way in September.

LOS ANGELES, July 31 (UPI) -- A Los Angeles jury ruled in favor of Philip Morris USA Inc. Thursday, rejecting allegations the tobacco giant was responsible for a man's lung cancer.

PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 27 (UPI) -- An $80-million jury award against Philip Morris may soon be the first major West Coast tobacco verdict to go before the U.S. Supreme Court.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Philip Morris plans to appeal a verdict in a California smoking lawsuit though the trial judge slashed the $28 billion punitive damage award down to $28 million