41.   Stock markets in Japan, Europe and the U.S. followed suit as concern spread that share prices could be overvalued.

42.   The agreement led to a flood of new suits as plaintiffs and their lawyers saw the Liggett settlement as an admission of liability.

43.   The bill would give major league baseball players the same right to file antitrust suits as athletes in other professional sports.

44.   The government said it viewed the suit as precedent-setting.

45.   The group asks a federal judge to designate the suit as a class action that would cover every laid-off employee who suffered age discrimination.

46.   The judge also ordered the company to correct some of its statements to employees, including its portrayal of the suit as a labor union plot.

47.   The judge allowed the First Church of Christ, Scientist, to join the suit as a defendant.

48.   The Justice Department is encouraging more agencies to follow suit as a way to overcome public distrust.

49.   The Oakland municipalities are included in the suit as part of their lease agreement with the team.

50.   The Road Runners, meanwhile, view the suit as a wedge to coerce them to do what other cities have done.