1.   But the drug conspiracy law, unlike the general federal conspiracy statute, does not refer to overt acts.

2.   The lawsuit alleges the tobacco industry has violated federal mail and wire fraud statutes, federal racketeering laws and federal conspiracy laws.

3.   Yet those abductions could be incorporated into a federal case in Brooklyn because of the wider latitude of federal conspiracy laws.

4.   Judge George Daniels spent an hour Tuesday morning instructing jurors on conspiracy law before sending them into the jury room.

5.   U.S. District Judge Leonard Sand was to finish instructing jurors about federal conspiracy laws Thursday.

6.   U.S. District Judge George Daniels spent an hour Tuesday morning instructing the Manhattan jurors on conspiracy law before sending them into the jury room.

7.   But Morales said the Texas suit is the first such suit to allege that the industry has engaged in violations of federal racketeering laws and conspiracy laws.