1.   Among the many claims the company faces are that the company conspired with Enron to misstate its financial well being.

2.   Allegations in a lawsuit that the companies conspired to fix cigarette prices sent the stocks lower.

3.   But the department has marshaled impressive evidence that these two credit card companies have conspired to stifle competition between themselves and keep other competitors out.

4.   He contends that the publishing companies have conspired against him to block the release of his manuscript, which he vows will be printed sometime soon.

5.   It is also investigating whether the companies conspired to suppress information and defraud the government, and whether industry lawyers suppressed possibly damaging research.

6.   That division is investigating whether cigarette companies conspired to stop the development of cigarettes less likely to start fires.

7.   Such documents may provide evidence that the companies conspired to hide or manipulate scientific research, industry opponents said.

8.   The antitrust investigation is focusing on whether cigarette companies illegally conspired to prevent the development of safer cigarettes.

9.   The jury also found that the company conspired with Dow Corning and that it intentionally made misleading statements about the safety of silicone.

10.   The Justice Department is investigating whether cigarette companies conspired to stop the development of cigarettes less likely to start fires.