['A', ' ', ' ', 'EXECUTIVE', 'SUMMARY', 'ES', '87-24', 'June', '12,', '1987', ' ', ' ', 'FARRELL', 'DELMAN', 'Tel:', '(609)', '275-4900', 'PRESIDENT', 'Fax:', '(609)', '275-8379', 'FEDERAL:', 'APPEALS', 'COURT', 'UPHOLDS', 'DISCLOSURE', 'OF', 'NON-CONFIDENTTIAL', 'DOCUMENTS', ',', 'REJECTS', 'SAROKIN', 'REMOVAL', 'PLEA;', 'DELAWARE:', 'SEALED', 'CONTAINER', 'DEFENSE', 'PASSES', 'On', '6/5', 'the', '3rd', 'US', 'Circuit', 'Court', 'of', 'Appeals', 'upheld', 'US', 'District', 'Judge', "Sarokin's", 'ruling,', 'in', 'the', 'Cippolone', 'case', '(ES', '86-45),', 'that', 'a', 'plaintiff', 'awaiting', 'trial', 'of', 'a', 'product', 'liability', 'suit', 'can', 'disseminate', 'evidence,', 'except', 'for', 'trade', 'secrets,', 'to', 'the', 'public', 'and', 'to', 'other', 'plaintiffs.', 'The', '3', 'judge', 'panel', 'of', 'the', '3rd', 'Circuit', 'also', 'rejected', 'a', 'plea', 'to', 'remove', 'Judge', 'Sarokin', 'from', 'the', 'suit', 'on', 'the', 'grounds', 'that', 'he', 'had', 'shown', 'bias', 'by', 'not', 'following', '3rd', 'Circuit', 'mandates', '(ES', '86-15,', '48),', 'making', 'rulings', 'showing', 'hostility', 'to', 'the', 'tobacco', 'industry', 'and', 'prejudging', 'fact-', 'ual', 'disputes', '(WP', '6/11/87).', 'S', '65,', 'which', 'would', 'allow', 'a', 'sealed', 'container', 'de-', 'fense', 'in', 'product', 'liability', 'cases,', 'passed', 'the', 'Delaware', 'Legislature', 'on', '6/4', '(CCH', '6/10/87).', 'The', 'New', 'Jersey', 'product', 'liability', 'reform', 'bill', '§', '2805,', 'is', 'currently', 'in', 'the', 'Assembly', 'Insurance', 'Committee,', 'however', 'Sen.', 'Pres.', 'Russo', 'said', 'it', 'would', 'be', '"posted', 'on', 'the', 'Assembly', 'floor', 'sometime', 'next', 'week"', '(NIBIA', '6/10/87).', 'ORAL', 'ARGUMENTS', 'START', 'TODAY', 'IN', 'NYPHC', 'SUIT;', 'MONROE', 'CO.', 'NY', 'ADOPTS', 'PHC-LIKE', 'REGS.', 'Today', 'oral', 'arguments', 'begin', 'in', 'the', 'appeal,', 'by', 'NYS', 'Health', 'Commissioner', 'David', 'Axelrod,', 'of', 'a', 'suit', '(ES', '87-18)', 'won', 'against', 'the', "PHC's", 'scheduled', '5/7', 'implemen-', 'tation', 'of', 'comprehensive', 'public', 'and', 'workplace', 'smoking', 'regulations,', 'stayed', 'in', 'the', 'State', 'Supreme', 'Court', 'on', '5/5', '(LEG', '87-21', '6/12/87).', 'The', 'Monroe', 'County', 'Legis=', 'lature', 'voted', 'overwhelmingly', 'to', 'enact', 'smoking', 'regulations', 'which', 'mirror', 'those', 'proposed', 'by', 'the', 'PHC.', 'The', 'new', 'regulations,', 'scheduled', 'to', 'go', 'into', 'effect', '8/1,', 'require', 'employers', 'to', 'provide', 'smoke-free', 'environments', 'for', 'employees', 'requesting', 'them', 'and', 'limit', 'smoking', 'in', 'public', 'buildings,', 'exempting', 'only', 'homes,', 'bars,', 'hotel', 'rooms,', 'tobacco', 'stores,', 'conventions', 'and', 'private', 'social', 'functions;', 'fines', 'for', 'violating', 'the', 'law', 'can', 'be', 'as', 'much', 'as', '$500', '(UPI', '6/10/87).', 'SUPERIOR', 'COURT', 'REQUIRES', 'DISCLOSURE', 'OF', 'STABILIZATION', 'RECORDS', 'Nc', 'Superior', 'Court', 'Judge', 'Ellis', 'ruled', 'that', 'as', 'stockholders', 'the', 'plantiffs', '"had', 'a', 'proper', 'purpose"', 'in', 'wanting', 'to', 'review', 'the', 'Flue-Cured', 'Tobacco', 'Cooperative', 'Stabilization', "Corp.'s", 'financial', 'records', 'and', 'board', 'minutes;', 'the', 'co-op', 'must', 'open', 'its', 'records', 'for', 'members', 'to', 'inspect', 'within', '60', 'days', '(UPI', '6/11/87).', '5%', 'INCOME', 'SURTAX', 'UNDER', 'CONSIDERATION', 'The', 'latest', 'revenue', 'raising', 'option', 'being', 'looked', 'at', 'is', 'a', '5%', 'surtax', 'on', 'individ-', 'ual', 'and', 'corporate', 'income.', 'A', 'simple', 'and', 'highly', 'progressive', 'way', 'of', 'raising', 'more', 'than', '$100', 'billion', 'in', 'additional', 'tax', 'revenues', 'over', 'the', 'next', '4', 'years,', 'House', 'Ways', 'and', 'Means', 'Committee', 'Chairman,', 'Rostenkowski', '(D-IL),', 'considers', 'it', '"tinkering', 'with', 'the', 'rates,"', 'which', 'he', 'opposes,', 'however,', 'he', 'is', 'unlikely', 'to', 'fight', 'a', 'committee', 'majority;', 'Senate', 'Finance', 'Committee', 'Chairman,', 'Bentsen', '(D-', 'TX),', 'has', 'put', 'changes', 'in', 'tax', 'rates', '"at', 'the', 'bottom', 'of', 'the', 'list."', 'Chief', 'of', 'Staff', 'Baker', 'commenting', 'on', 'revenue', 'increasing', 'measures,', 'including', 'increasing', 'tobacco', 'excise', 'taxes', 'which', 'Mr.', 'Reagan', 'opposed', 'last', 'year,', 'stated', '"he', "didn't", 'know', 'the', "Administration's", 'position!', '(TAX', 'NOTES', 'TODAY', '6/12/87).', 'SYNAR', 'AD', 'BAN', 'GAINS', 'COSPONSORS', 'The', 'number', 'of', 'cosponsors', 'of', 'HR', '1272,', 'introduced', '2/25', 'by', 'Rep.', 'Synar', '(D-OR),', 'which', 'would', 'ban', 'all', 'advertising', 'and', 'promotion', 'of', 'tobacco', 'products,', 'currently', 'tands', 'BERR,', '(see', 'LEG', '87-21', 'f', 'i}', 'it', 'j', 'he', 'eaeaE', '“oe', 'OF', 'THE', 'US.', 'INC', 'Fo', 'Vi', 'ea', 'JOS', 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