The partners have worked to settle nearly all of the remaining lawsuits, although one suit, over who owns the 12th-floor units, remains outstanding.
In one of the few remaining lawsuits on the issue, the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups charged that the expanded surveillance powers granted by Congress were unconstitutional and illegal.
Several of these cases have been resolved in the government's favor, but the administration's action clearly jeopardizes the remaining lawsuits.
At least four others were settled and the remaining lawsuits were either dismissed or information was not readily available yesterday about their outcome.
The oil giant BP settled the four remaining lawsuits in the latest civil trial resulting from the deadly 2005 explosion at its Texas City refinery.
The court, lawyers for the plaintiffs and the city are selecting a small group of sample cases to bring to trial in the hope that the verdicts will guide settlement of the remaining lawsuits.
These days fewer minorities are being steered toward subprime loans, said Brian Kabateck, a lawyer representing the N.A.A.C.P. in its remaining lawsuits, though largely because lenders have stopped offering subprime loans.
Many of the remaining lawsuits await the report of a national panel of scientists, a group convened by a federal judge in Alabama, to evaluate all of the scientific evidence available so far.
Apple and the Taiwan-based mobile maker unexpectedly settled their remaining lawsuits on November 10 after two-and-a-half years of legal wrangling and accusations that each company had infringed on the others' patents.
Apple and HTC settled their remaining lawsuits on November 10, agreeing a 10-year licensing deal — the terms of which have not been publicly disclosed, although, on Tuesday, HTC CEO Peter Chou rebutted an analyst's assessment that it's paying Apple between $6-$6-$8r handescribingribing that as an "outrageous number".
