OTHER NEWS - Nov. 23, 1995

Defendant to Challenge Brown & Williamson Order: Richard Scruggs, the attorney for former Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. executive Jeffrey Wigand, said he will ask a Kentucky judge to revoke a temporary restraining order that bans Wigand from talking about research into the ill effects of tobacco. At issue is a confidentiality contract Wigand signed when he left the Louisville-based tobacco company in 1993. Brown & Williamson contends he broke the contract by agreeing to an interview with the CBS news magazine “60 Minutes,” even though the network pulled the segment for fear of legal retribution. Brown & Williamson alleges that Wigand is secretly selling himself as an expert witness in lawsuits against the tobacco industry after having received severance payments and outplacement help from the company under the confidentiality agreement.