1.   Current regulations generally forbid companies from soliciting interest in their IPOs until they have filed a formal registration statement with the SEC.

2.   Current regulations forbid such activities until the company has filed a registration statement with the SEC.

3.   Currently, FDA regulations forbid companies from releasing any promotional information about a new product until it is fully approved by the agency.

4.   Ethics regulations forbid the president to be treated any better than the firms treat their other clients.

5.   Gary Weaver, senior vice president of manufacturing for AST, said securities regulations forbid him to answer such questions.

6.   He then polled his crew members about whether they should make a dangerous open-sea landing that was forbidden by regulations.

7.   In Korea, regulations mostly forbid cross-selling, although the rules may soon change.

8.   In the United States, regulations forbid companies that own liquor brands to own their distributors as well.

9.   It could have done so years ago, except that the old regulations forbade this.

10.   ISU regulations forbid judges or referees from commenting publicly on their decisions, further complicating attempts to find out what went on Monday night at the Delta Center.