Mealey's (September 15, 2016, 3:16 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York on Sept. 14 denied New York City and New York state’s motion to impose sanctions on the attorneys representing United Parcel Service Inc. in a tobacco trafficking suit because the judge found that the city and state’s failure to produce certain pieces of evidence during discovery was accidental (The State of New York, et al. v. United Parcel Service Inc., No. 15-cv-1136, S.D. N.Y.).

(Order available. Document #04-160921-011R.)

“The newly produced documents do not reveal the fact...