MASTER SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT RESTRICTIONS ON TOBACCO COMPANY LOBBYING EFFORTSMaster Settlement Agreement • June 28th, 2011
Contract Type FiledJune 28th, 2011This language bars the tobacco companies (or their lobbyists, front groups, etc.) from taking any action to reduce their payments to the states or to invalidate any of the marketing restrictions in the MSA. But it does not bar them from interpreting the MSA in a way that is most favorable to the tobacco industry or from trying to get the courts to adopt such favorable interpretations.