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Litigation

Mar. 9, 2001

Miracle Cure for Chubbiness Exercises Wine-Country Prosecutors

LOS ANGELES - Today's column is about the law of unintended consequences, prosecutorial angst and dieting. Up in the wine country of our fair state, the maker of a weight-loss product has been giving the district attorneys of Napa and Sonoma counties a workout - and headaches - for more than a year.

        By Garry Abrams

        LOS ANGELES - Today's column is about the law of unintended consequences, prosecutorial angst and dieting.
        Up in the wine country of our fair state, the maker of a weight-loss product has been giving the district attorneys of Napa and Sonoma counties a workout - and headaches - for more than a y...

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