21.   Business people who accumulate that kind of wealth are constantly subjected to civil litigation.

22.   But Larry Charfoos, a lawyer and an expert on civil litigation, said the city and the former officials had gotten off easy.

23.   But new questions arose about who within the firm now has the authority to negotiate on its behalf to resolve the pending criminal case or the sprawling civil litigation.

24.   But, he said, civil litigation is preferable to and more likely than an imminent seizure of the slot machines.

25.   Civil litigation against airlines, airports and other parties might also provide some compensation to the families, but that is likely to be years away.

26.   Civil litigation these days, with its extensive pretrial discovery, can put appalling burdens on defendants.

27.   Civil litigation is based upon an adversarial process of determining truth, and a party is under no affirmative obligation to assist an opponent in every way it can.

28.   Currently a partner with Bryan Cave, where he practices white-collar criminal defense and civil litigation.

29.   Dole also moved to end debate on the civil litigation issue as early as Thursday.

30.   DeFeo said the bureau believed that the source of the leak would emerge from any civil litigation Jewell would undertake against news organizations.