1.   Its solution to the lawsuit threat was to ask customers to sign releases giving the bank permission to notify authorities of suspected abuse.

2.   San Francisco City Attorney Louise Renne expressed outrage at the easy access many children have to guns and said she was buoyed by the federal lawsuit threat.

3.   A bold anti-smoking campaign in Sweden caused a ferocious backlash Wednesday from neighboring Denmark and evoked lawsuit threats from a cigarette maker.

4.   Allies still uneasy despite U.S. easing lawsuit threat.

5.   Tang and Goh have exchanged lawsuit threats stemming from statements made during the heated campaign.

6.   Tang has not been charged with any crime, but has traded lawsuit threats with Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong over remarks each made during the heated campaign.

7.   The lawsuit threat was the latest Republican move to press Clinton on campaign financing following media investigations that led to the reassignment of high-level Democratic fundraiser John Huang.