41.   The Senate has approved legislation setting minimum standards for court-appointed lawyers, for the first time kicking in state money to help pay the lawyers.

42.   The State Supreme Court has made no final decision about whether to order the state to pay lawyers.

43.   The Texas Senate also approved legislation setting minimum standards for court-appointed lawyers, for the first time kicking in state money to help pay the lawyers.

44.   These lawyers would be paid out of court fines, supplemented by tax money and occasional bar association chili suppers.

45.   Unlike creditors, who must wait until the company emerges from bankruptcy to recover even part of their losses, lawyers are paid almost immediately.

46.   Unlike most lone employees, companies can afford to pay lawyers to tie up cases for years.

47.   A U.S. newspaper, The Toledo Blade, reported Wednesday that Frankel planned to sell his story to the media to pay his lawyers.

48.   In such schemes, the lawyers are paid for their work although at reduced rates.

49.   Of the dozens of defendants in the two courts, all but four have lawyers paid by the United Nations.

50.   Simpson reportedly is nearly broke after paying lawyers for his criminal murder trial.