1.   And the advertisement suggested that lawyers, motivated by greed, were initiating lawsuits against implant manufacturers.

2.   Cabell, a former banker who is a member of the Blackfeet Nation, initiated the lawsuit six years ago.

3.   Calderon initiated the lawsuit shortly after a noise-control law was enacted in Puerto Rico.

4.   Eliot Spitzer, left, the New York attorney general, helped initiate the lawsuits two years ago.

5.   Environmentalists immediately criticized the rules as vague and unmanageable, and filed papers to initiate a lawsuit.

6.   Gritzner, after the meeting, said in an interview that the Department of Water and Power, specifically, could initiate a lawsuit.

7.   Houston Mayor Lee Brown and Harris County Attorney Michael P. Fleming have passed on requests by anti-gun organizations to initiate lawsuits on behalf of local taxpayers.

8.   In their capacity as representing Enron creditors, these firms should be initiating lawsuits against those who injured creditors and shareholders.

9.   Michael Lissack, a former investment banker, initiated the lawsuit against Lazard under the California False Claims Act.

10.   Representatives of several of the groups initiating the lawsuit argued that the new policy adds to the pollution threat in many ways.