"To the extent that litigation is pursued and the company was not successful in defending any such lawsuit, its ability to continue to conduct business as a going concern would be called into question," Fremont said.
The clauses in the Ohio bill "are above and beyond" those included in death penalty secrecy laws currently established in five other states, Brickner said, adding that several of those states are currently fighting various litigation cases pursued against their regulations.
Separate suits by the New York attorney general against two pharmaceutical companies, GlaxoSmithKline and Merck, over drugs they manufactured have aided the work of litigation lawyers pursuing cases against the firms.
Guided by the tone set at the top -- from Mr. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney to Gale A. Norton, the Interior secretary, and Christie Whitman, the E.P.A. administrator -- these nominees will help determine what policies to advocate, what regulations to enforce and what litigation to pursue.
Deasy said from the outset that he would use any means necessary — including supporting legislation and outside litigation — to pursue his vision of what would propel gains in student achievement.
Mr. Aaron said that if officials had not come to terms with a developer, they would have pursued litigation.
"Doing nothing more now will leave the child workers unprotected until the litigation we have pursued is finally before a jury.
*Correction 1/14/2019: A previous version of this story included both a headline and sentence incorrectly stating that the brand Gucci pursued litigation against Dapper Dan.
Like the CLB, the NAACP pursued litigation to work on civil rights, including efforts to overturn the disfranchisement of African Americans in the South that had taken place since the turn of the century.
Mr. Lelyveld's call saved the paper, and me, from embarrassment and perhaps from the litigation that Mr. Jewell later pursued against several news organizations.
