1.   Lawyers contend that his back problems were due to an existing injury, not the accident.

2.   Andersen lawyers contend no one in the company committed any illegal acts.

3.   Because Dr. King was not a government official, many copyright lawyers contend that the family is well within its rights.

4.   Both lawyers contend that the biological mothers should not have to relinquish their rights so that their partners can adopt their children.

5.   A lawyer representing Mantle contended that Mantle was no longer the subject of any investigation.

6.   But defense lawyers contended that Ms. Saldivar had hesitated before signing it, asking why her interrogators had left out her contention that it was accidental.

7.   But prosecutors say the relationship was not as close as defense lawyers contend, adding that the two had grown apart by the time the killing occurred.

8.   But some lawyers contended that Jones overstepped her authority in ordering compliance for parties not involved in either case, the news media, for example.

9.   But some plaintiff lawyers contend that BofA has destroyed documents in its drive to balance its accounts and that makes unraveling the extent of the problems difficult.

10.   But the lawyers contended that the conversations were innocent and had nothing to do with a conspiracy.