51.   The tobacco companies want a court to block the FDA from issuing regulations while their lawsuit is pending.

52.   Their past challenges have yet to succeed, although some lawsuits are still pending and the Suffolk County Legislature is planning a nonbinding referendum on the deal in November.

53.   These lawsuits were also pending when the Supreme Court decided the Seminole Tribe case.

54.   Three years later, two major lawsuits are pending.

55.   Two similar lawsuits are pending against Great Western in Florida.

56.   Two multimillion-dollar lawsuits are pending against the state and at least one more is expected.

57.   Two other lawsuits are pending.

58.   Unable to do much while shareholder lawsuits were pending, Silverman retrenched.

59.   While the lawsuit was pending, no other publisher would sign her, so she published her own songs, an incalculably important factor in her success.

60.   With lawsuits pending and regulators studying the issue, though, ETrade is playing it cautious.