( July 30, 2025, 10:04 AM EDT) -- SEATTLE — Several tobacco companies that jointly resolved a dispute with the state of Washington over their mandatory payments to the state under the 1998 master settlement agreement (MSA) filed briefs in Washington state court opposing a bid by Philip Morris USA Inc. (PM) to compel arbitration of claims they brought against it for alleged underpayments, arguing that it is prohibited from compelling arbitration of a settlement to which it is not a party....