From: Law360
By Matthew Perlman
A New York federal judge on Friday consolidated a pair of lawsuits brought by New York City and state prosecutors accusing FedEx of making illegal shipments of untaxed cigarettes from Native American reservations, after the parcel carrier dropped its opposition.
U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos issued an order combining two suits against FedEx, both of which are being brought by city and state level prosecutors over shipments of cigarettes not marked with the required tax stamps between 2005 and the present. The request to consolidate came…
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