61.   Bringing a case alleging that potential competition is harmed by the merger would have proven difficult since the theory is largely untested in the courts.

62.   Brown and Alcorn brought the case with a third woman, Joy Lyles, who remains employed at Raytheon.

63.   But Aguero said he wanted to bring the case to light, particularly because of the silence in academia.

64.   But bringing such cases is tricky, because the agency lacks direct jurisdiction over municipal issuers.

65.   But even an ineffectual remedy is better than nothing, and bringing the case has also had other remedial effects.

66.   But former department advocates, who bring administrative cases against officers, said department officials settle or drop cases without any administrative hearing.

67.   But if such a case were brought, the outcome would depend less on the medium and more on the message.

68.   But federal prosecutors decided, instead, to bring the case in criminal court, using novel legal theories over the definition of fraud.

69.   But in the last year, U.S. attorneys across the nation have shown a new interest in bringing criminal cases against corporations, congressmen and friends of Cabinet officials.

70.   But it appeared that the company had resisted a settlement and gave in only after it became clear that the SEC would bring a case anyway.