21.   According to sources, the states decided to proceed with their long-threatened antitrust suit, to be filed Monday with a similar complaint by the Justice Department.

22.   According to antitrust experts, much would depend on how Judge Burton R. Lifland, who is presiding in the Macy bankruptcy case, reacted to any antitrust suit.

23.   After the FTC staff forwarded its recommendation for the antitrust suit to the commissioners last week, Intel officials met with the commission to voice their strong opposition.

24.   Again, the asbestos industry intervened and threatened to file antitrust suits.

25.   After the Justice Department and the states filed similar but separate antitrust suits against Microsoft last May, the cases were merged and are being tried together.

26.   But it does not lessen the need for the Justice Department to vigorously pursue its antitrust suit against Microsoft, the dominant player in software.

27.   But it may not be a proper settlement to end class-action antitrust suits.

28.   But in the months before the antitrust suit was filed, Gates had made news by showing up at schools that receive free Microsoft software.

29.   But the landmark antitrust suits should prompt all technology investors to reconsider their strategies and to question the possible consequences of the suits for their portfolios.

30.   But to try to level the current competitive field, while it pursues its antitrust suit, the government filed a request for a preliminary injunction here on Monday.