21.   Sprewell had claimed in the original lawsuit that his suspension was racially discriminatory and violated his right to make a living.

22.   The original lawsuit did not specify any monetary damages.

23.   The original lawsuit was filed against Yoshiharu Matsutera, an Osaka-based necktie maker, for selling ties bearing images of Popeye without obtaining permission.

24.   The original lawsuit alleged that International Business Machines was an accomplice in the Holocaust because it knew its machines were being used in Nazi death camps.

25.   The original lawsuit is set for trial in January.

26.   The original lawsuits were brought in U.S. District Court in Lufkin, Texas, by private whistleblowers under the False Claims Act.

27.   The original lawsuit was filed by the Inmate Advocacy Clinic at Seton Hall University Law School, which sought better treatment for mentally ill state prison inmates.

28.   The original lawsuit, filed in August, named the department, Parks, the city and several high-ranking officials as defendants.

29.   The original lawsuits did not mentioned monetary penalties.

30.   University Community Hospital, where the surgery was performed, was a defendant in the original lawsuit and settled on confidential terms, Yerrid said.