1.   Always a sensitive subject, they are now even more so, because of pending lawsuits by thousands of retail stores charging the drug makers with illegal price discrimination.

2.   And he vows he will fight Heublein not only in Russia, but globally, including a pending lawsuit he filed in Delaware.

3.   As for the discrimination charges, chief executive John Lemasters said it would not be appropriate for him to comment on pending lawsuits.

4.   As the most mature of the pending lawsuits, the NMAC case remains the bellwether in the battle over the dealer markup system.

5.   Because of a pending lawsuit they have against the city, Gimbel declined to name the area.

6.   Because of the pending lawsuit, Keith advised his clients not to comment about the memorial announcement.

7.   Bradley Fair, a waiter filmed with nothing on but his jockstrap, is one plaintiff in a pending lawsuit against the company for invasion of privacy.

8.   A company spokesman said Monday that he could not comment further, because of the pending lawsuit.

9.   A pending federal lawsuit on the same topic could undercut the ruling, though.

10.   A spokesman for The Money Store declined to discuss the matter, citing the pending lawsuit.