The reason, they say, is an increase in the number of civil and criminal suits brought against officers who use their weapons.

We even could be named as a co-conspirator in a criminal suit.

Civil and criminal suits related to the scandal continued throughout the 1920s.

"We have zero plans to file civil or criminal suits."

Spanish lawyers are still struggling to get judicial approval for their criminal suits.

Some of these allegations are currently pending either as criminal suits, civil suits, or both in various state and federal courts.

Neither the Indonesian government's civil suit nor the criminal suit addresses the mercury emissions.

Chilean law establishes a prosecutorial role for judges and allows individuals to file criminal suits.

Mr. Jackson settled a civil suit brought by a 13-year-old boy, reportedly for more than $10 million; a criminal suit was dropped.

Sulla further refined this by confining the urban praetor to civil rather than criminal suits.

He started a law practice near his birth village in the nearby town of Jallandhar - he specialised in criminal suits.

The goal was to lessen the requirements needed for a criminal suit, as seen in the NET Act.

Last year, the Justice Department filed the criminal suit and a civil suit against BP.

The planters filed for only nominal damages even as they had decided to prosecute Long for libel in a criminal suit.

In addition, civil and criminal suits alleging abuse during interrogation and detention have been brought against some police and prosecution officials.

He sulks around at night, breaking the law, ruining crime scenes, and destroying any chance of building a criminal suit against any of these lowlifes.

Even if a criminal suit is filed against the Bank of New York, the company might take comfort in statistics because successful money laundering prosecutions are rare.

Once the insurance company goes through with its threat to file both civil and criminal suits, the Crescent Line will spend a fortune in attorneys' fees fighting it.

"In the normal criminal suit," he said, "even if you claim that the forum is not properly constituted, that claim is not adjudicated immediately."

California Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed civil and criminal suits against the company, which were dropped when Diebold settled out of court for $2.6 million.

Also, in response to your article, I filed a criminal suit on March 7 with the Attorney General of Mexico, requesting that your allegations be investigated.

Displeased with Breen's allusions to their corruption and arrogance, Samsung filed civil and criminal suits against him and the paper for libel.

If you're in that situation, what you really don't want to see next is a criminal suit with stiffer penalties, but that's just what one Michigan man is now facing.

The federal parliament unanimously censured Iskandar, and Mahathir leapt at the opportunity to remove the constitutional immunity of the sultans from civil and criminal suits.

August - Congress passes the Economic Opportunity Act which, among other things, provides federal funds for legal representation of Native Americans in both civil and criminal suits.