The PAP also has a tendency to bring defamation charges against opposition candidates, the litigation of which can result in bankruptcy, and thus, disqualification from the ballot.
"The litigation against Napster in the United States is emphatically not against the technology, but against the misuse of a technology," he said.
Gareth Hewett, an HSBC spokesman, confirmed that the bank had brought the litigation against the protesters.
Mr. Baker, the Smart Options lawyer, had a different take on the litigation against Jump Rope.
The case set the tone for much of the litigation against banks that followed.
The settlement proposed in mid-March to end the litigation against the Mets' owners, Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz, received the approval Thursday of the judge overseeing the case.
Merrill and Smith Barney have each paid more than $100 million in settlements and arbitration awards to women who joined the litigation against them.
The insurer's lawyers have reviewed the litigation against the company, he explained, and a major accounting firm conducted "a very extensive review at the operational level".
And it is involved in the litigation against Facebook and Morgan Stanley over the social networking company's botched initial public offering of stock.
