1.   Among those scheduled to testify is San Francisco Supervisor Michael Yaki, who has proposed an ordinance forbidding oil companies from owning and operating gas stations in the city.

2.   But experts said federal law forbids companies from giving to candidates and generally bars them from compensating anyone for donating.

3.   Current regulations generally forbid companies from soliciting interest in their IPOs until they have filed a formal registration statement with the SEC.

4.   Currently, FDA regulations forbid companies from releasing any promotional information about a new product until it is fully approved by the agency.

5.   For decades after the Great Depression, companies were forbidden from owning insurance, banking and brokerage businesses together.

6.   Health insurance companies are forbidden from notifying customers of insurance terminations via e-mail.

7.   In the contracts that the INS strikes with private vendors such as Esmor, the companies are forbidden from responding to a disturbance with a minimum level of force.

8.   Large Japanese insurance companies will be forbidden from selling some hospital, medical and insurance policies until deregulation takes place in the auto, fire and life insurance markets.

9.   Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., plans to introduce a bill this week that would forbid bankrupt companies from sharing information they had pledged to keep private.

10.   Speaking generally, John Steiner, the executive director of the Texas Ethics Commission, said state law forbade companies to enter into contingency-style arrangements with lobbyists.