1.   And in recent months a number of other Internet companies have filed patent-related lawsuits on other matters.

2.   And it was like handing Windle Turley a lawsuit on a silver collection platter.

3.   As more companies file for bankruptcy protection, the burden of lawsuits on those that remain grows heavier, since they must pay a bigger percentage of any judgments.

4.   Bergman said Wigand had been concerned about the effects of a lawsuit on his financial situation because he had health problems in his family.

5.   Bergman said Wigand had health problems in his family and was concerned about the effects of a lawsuit on his assets.

6.   Betty Madding filed a lawsuit on Friday.

7.   A pending federal lawsuit on the same topic could undercut the ruling, though.

8.   Advertising firms filed a separate lawsuit on freedom-of-speech grounds.

9.   But in making the speech, he skipped the relevant paragraph, apparently because of several lawsuits on election procedures that are still pending.

10.   But they placed some of the blame for the lawsuits on Pataki and the fanfare with which he had announced a deal that was far from a sure thing.