Mr. Bloomberg has long been a staunch supporter of gun control and has made efforts to reduce the traffic in guns into the city through sting operations, lawsuits against gun dealers and other antigun measures.
Viewed as test cases for the size and scope of water-banking operations, the lawsuits claim that enormous withdrawals of water by the banks lowered the water table, causing geological damage, service disruptions and costly repairs.
Most show him at political functions when the surgery was performed, including an Oct. 10, 1996, operation the lawsuit shows listed for the same hours it says Dr. Henry was awaiting the arrival of President Bill Clinton at a political rally.
In December, 2011, the Institute of Cetacean Research, which runs the Japanese whaling operation, brought a lawsuit against us in a U.S. court, demanding an injunction to stop us from interfering with their operations.
Today, Jcor is $5 million in debt, out of operation, and mired in lawsuits from creditors.
Selling its portfolio could leave its handset operations without protection against lawsuits from rivals.
The latter, including foreign-exchange operations, are mired in lawsuits and financial trouble.
Some skeptics point out that Wal-Mart's effort is a public-relations campaign to draw attention away from a bribery scandal in its Mexican operation and an active lawsuit by female employees who claim the company discriminated against them.
Microsoft is also hunting a hacker known by the alias Aquabox, who was named as the ringleader of the operation in a civil lawsuit filed by the company in North Carolina.
But the center was not built and the charity abruptly ceased operation, according to the lawsuit, which alleges the nonprofit organization has a history of raising money for projects it never carries out.
