Those details can be used by consumers to sue for further damages in the United States and sometimes in Europe.
Indeed, the whole point of the Gulf Coast fund is to keep cases out of court; in return for compensation, the claimants have to agree not to sue for further damages.
The US music industry has cranked up its legal campaign against fans illegally downloading music from the internet, suing a further 493 music fans for damages.
Colbert cited Pat Roberts, who sued for further decision-making delays, saying, "The thing I'm trying to point out, is that we would have at least 72 hours for the people that the providers have hired to keep up with all of the legislation that we pass around here, and the regulations that we pass around here, to say, 'Hey, wait a minute.
While the RIAA isn't likely going to sue the Prez it further puts them in a bad light.
Saudi Arabia's Prince Al-Waleed bin-Talal went even further, suing Forbes in 2013 for – wait for it – defamation.
Several other companies, including The Washington Post, The New York Times and the online merchant Overstock.com, have gone a step further, suing either Gator or WhenU directly.
In April, Swift went even further, suing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Bush in federal court in Seattle on the grounds that their plan for a military tribunal for his client -- who has still not been charged or given a trial date -- violates the Constitution, federal law, the Geneva Conventions and the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
All four debt collectors who sued the Education Department further alleged that the department itself violated the law when it determined it wouldn't send them any future business.
Last December, the civil rights group filed suit against Michigan-based provider Trinity Health Corporation, and in 2013, it went a step further, suing the actual bishop authors of the religious directives on behalf of a woman who was denied treatment at a Catholic hospital in Muskegon, Michigan, while she was having a miscarriage.
