71.   Napster is also fighting similar suits by rap artist Dr. Dre and the Recording Industry Association of America.

72.   Mrs. Kobrin said the church had filed a similar suit in federal court in San Jose, Calif., in February.

73.   Napster has settled similar suits filed by artists Metallica and Dr. Dre.

74.   New Jersey sued the tobacco industry for money the state has spent treating smoking-related illnesses, joining more than a dozen other states with similar suits.

75.   New Jersey has announced it plans to file a similar suit.

76.   Nintendo attorneys said similar suits have been filed against sports trading-card makers, without success.

77.   Other similar suits have been settled before trial.

78.   Past sales of state assets have made delays because of similar suits.

79.   Other big life insurers, including John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Boston, have settled similar suits in recent years.

80.   Planned Parenthood filed a similar suit last summer on behalf of Jennifer Erickson, a pharmacist at the Bartell Drug Co. in Seattle.