People v. Lorillard Tobacco Co.

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• concluding that section VII excludes the MSA's arbitration clause from its scope, thus precluding the argument that the parties agreed to submit diligent enforcement disputes to state court.
• concluding that section VH excludes the MSA’s arbitration clause from its scope, thus precluding the argument that the parties agreed to submit diligent enforcement disputes to state court
• holding “that the plain and unambiguous language of the MSA’s arbitration provision requires arbitration of the parties’ dispute concerning the NPM Adjustment, including the State’s diligent enforcement defense”
• Independent Auditor’s decision not to apply NPM Adjustment was based upon its presumption that the Settling States were diligently enforcing their Qualifying Statutes
• “Moreover, we agree with those courts before us that have pointed out the ‘compelling logic to having these disputes handled by a single arbitration panel of three federal judges, rather than numerous state and territorial courts.’ ”

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