Panel Upholds Compelling State To Arbitrate With Tobacco Manufacturers

Mealey's (October 9, 2019, 3:26 PM EDT) -- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Based on the application of state case law, a trial court did not err in compelling the state of New Mexico to arbitrate its dispute with tobacco manufacturers over nonparticipating manufacturers’ (NPM) adjustment to the tobacco master settlement agreement (MSA), a New Mexico Court of Appeals panel affirmed Sept. 25 (Hector H. Balderas v. Philip Morris, USA, Inc., et al., No. A-1-CA-36199, N.M. App., 2019 N.M. App. Unpub. LEXIS 382)....

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