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1. Tobacco co.'s stolen papers on Web.

Author

Boehning, Julie

Subjects
*CORRUPT practices in the tobacco industry, *ACTIONS & defenses (Law), *UNIVERSITIES & colleges
Abstract

Informs that the University of California at San Francisco can continue to display on the World Wide Web papers stolen from Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co. The June 1995 ruling by the California Supreme Court; The papers' revelation that tobacco companies concealed the addictiveness of nicotine from the public for years; How the university obtained the papers; Number of users accessing the papers on the Web site; Details.

Published
1995

2. Two Bay-Area alt-papers wage war of nerves, and bucks.

Author

Saba, Jennifer

Subjects
*ACTIONS & defenses (Law), *UNFAIR competition, *DAMAGES (Law)
Abstract

The article focuses on the legal battle between San Francisco, California-based newspapers "San Francisco Bay Guardian" and "SF Weekly." Guardian owner Bruce Brugmann has filed action against "SF Weekly" and its parent company Village Voice Media under the Unfair Practices Act in the state. It notes that the state law offers protection to companies from predatory pricing designed to put a competitor out of business. The Guardian won in the case yet has to resort to several actions such as seizing delivery trucks and getting the rent to collect damages.

Published
2010

3. San Francisco Bay Area Papers Are in Price War.

Subjects
*NEWSPAPERS, *PRICES, *ACTIONS & defenses (Law)
Abstract

Reports on the prices of newspapers in San Francisco, California, as of May 2000. Decline in the circulation of the `San Francisco Chronicle'; Plans to cut the price of the newspaper; Reason for reducing the price of the newspaper; Lawsuits filed against Hearst Corp. and the `San Francisco Chronicle.'

Published
2000

4. S.F. papers win court order opening secret police files.

Author

Stein, M.L.

Subjects
*SEXUAL harassment of women, *CASE studies, *ACTIONS & defenses (Law)
Abstract

Reports that a district judge has permitted the release of secret Police Commission transcripts of its 1993 probe into allegations that Police Chief Tony Ribera repeatedly harassed Police Officer Joan Welsh. Lawsuit filed by Welsh against Ribera; San Francisco newspapers' support on the lawsuit; Opposition of Mayor Frank Jordan and the Police Commission on the opening of the transcripts.

Published
1995

5. Mr Butt tells tobacco tales.

Author

Mestel, Rosie

Subjects
*PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of tobacco, *ACTIONS & defenses (Law), *UNIVERSITIES & colleges
Abstract

Reports that the University of California has won the right to distribute on the World Wide Web the internal documents and memos from cigarette manufacturer Brown & Williamson suggesting that the company was aware of the addictive and cancer-causing nature of cigarettes at least 30 years ago. Brown & Williamson's legal action to get the papers back, claiming that they had been stolen; Web site address.

Published
1995

6. Man Sues Hotel Over 75-Cent Newspaper.

Author

Harris, Elizabeth A.

Subjects
*ACTIONS & defenses (Law), *HOTEL occupancy taxes
Abstract

A California man is suing the Hilton Hotels Corporation for charging him 75 cents for a copy of the USA Today newspaper that he did not request, according to a complaint filed last week in federal court in San Francisco. The man, Rodney Harmon of Sacramento County, spent the night of March 28 in the Hilton Garden Inn Sonoma County Airport. When he left his room the next morning, he saw a copy of USA Today on the floor in front of his door, the familiar, bright blue logo peering up at him. But Mr. Harmon, 55, was not interested. He stepped over the paper and walked away. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2011

7. Multiple suits racked up in San Francisco.

Author

Stein, M.L.

Subjects
*PUBLISHING, *NEWSPAPERS, *ACTIONS & defenses (Law)
Abstract

Reports that newspaper publishers have filed two separate lawsuits against the city of San Francisco, California to block the installation of multiple news racks to replace the single-paper fixtures the administration considers a street blight. Details on the lawsuits; List of newspapers involved in the lawsuit; Views of publishers on the action of San Francisco's Board of Supervisors.

Published
1999

8. Judge dismisses lawsuit over tobacco research.

Subjects
*ACTIONS & defenses (Law), *UNIVERSITIES & colleges
Abstract

Reports that a judge has dismissed a suit against the University of California campus in San Francisco over the work of Dr. Stanton A. Glantz, a medical researcher who has been an outspoken critic of the tobacco industry. Details on the lawsuit filed by Californians for Scientific Integrity; Co-authorship of the book `The Cigarette Papers,' by Glantz; Reaction to the decision.

Published
1997

9. Bay Guardian sues over missing ads.

Author

Stein, M.L.

Subjects
*ADVERTISING campaigns, *ACTIONS & defenses (Law)
Abstract

Reports on the `San Francisco Bay Guardian's lawsuit against the city and county of San Francisco, California because a contractor allegedly removed nearly 50 ads from municipal buses. Seeking of reimbursement for money spent on the campaign; Alleged violation of the paper's rights and breaking of its contract for leasing advertising space.

Published
1998