1.   And in a recent lawsuit against the city, eight white men who failed to get jobs on the force, won settlements in a reverse discrimination case.

2.   A good example is the recent lawsuit pitting the makers of Spam against the lovable Muppets.

3.   A few of the most recent lawsuits were filed in federal court in Kansas City this week.

4.   Flugence said he believed that the recent lawsuits could have a positive effect on relations between blacks and whites in the area.

5.   He said he was chosen to help represent the widow because of his work on another recent smoking lawsuit.

6.   However, some lawyers pointed Tuesday to a recent lawsuit that EchoStar filed against Hughes in Colorado that could make proving its case for approval even more difficult.

7.   If the spate of recent lawsuits is any indication, management skullduggery that would make James Madison turn in his grave is sweeping corporate America.

8.   In a recent lawsuit, Heartland Securities filed a claim against several employees for violating noncompete agreements.

9.   In a recent lawsuit, Playboy Enterprises, Inc. charged that a publisher of porn Web sites did two bad things.

10.   Ironically, the law forced the city to file its recent anti-tobacco lawsuit in federal court.