But the lawsuit that involves the Tampa school was filed on behalf of a plaintiff who decided to publicize his story and choked it out today at the news conference.
The resolution of the case comes after the city agreed in July to pay $1.5 million to settle a suit stemming from the death of an inmate under different circumstances — a struggle with correction officers in the prison ward at Bellevue Hospital Center; and in June, a $2 million settlement of another Program lawsuit that involved a fatal beating.
The procedure that the industry now may have to use is a more conventional process for unmasking anonymous people known as a "John Doe" case that involves filing a lawsuit against the unknown person and then asking a judge to compel Internet service providers to reveal the identity.
Armstrong is also facing two other civil lawsuits, one that involves the Dallas-based insurance company SCA Promotions, which is trying to recoup millions of dollars it covered when Armstrong won multiple Tours.
The announcement Thursday was not related to a larger pending settlement with the federal Justice Department over three whistle-blower lawsuits that also involve sales of Risperdal.
In a 2004 deposition taken in a lawsuit over legal fees that involved many of the same players as the current criminal case, Mr. Scruggs confirmed that he paid Mr. Blake at least $10 million in fees from the tobacco settlement, but precisely what Mr. Blake did to earn that money is now emerging as an important question.
Less attention has been paid to a much smaller class-action lawsuit, recently filed in Chicago, that involves Walmart's business -- perhaps because it involves far fewer workers, and because the retail behemoth isn't actually named in the suit.
"My client is extremely disappointed these individuals saw fit to file any lawsuit that would involve him," he said in a telephone interview.
After graduation, Keller changed his mind and sued the N.C.A.A. Next came the O'Bannon lawsuit, then another that involved the former Rutgers quarterback Ryan Hart.
Mr. Paulson's financial achievements were also cast in an unflattering light two years ago, when the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit against Goldman Sachs that involved a mortgage investment fund that Mr. Paulson had played a role in creating.
