The buyout consortium led by said it does not comment on litigation.

FDIC spokesman David Barr said the agency does not comment on litigation.

EXIN does not comment on litigation nor threats of litigation, the company said.

An Impax spokesman said the company did not comment on litigation.

Kasich spokesman Rob Nichols said the governor's office declines to comment on litigation.

BP spokesman Mark Salt said the British company does not comment on litigation.

Lisa Powers, spokeswoman for Penn State, said the university does not comment on litigation.

Atlas spokeswoman Bonnie Rodney said it was company policy not to comment on litigation.

A Costa Crociere spokesman in Florida said the company does not comment on litigation.

The FAA said it does not comment on litigation.

Katy Sullivan, a Dynegy spokeswoman, said the company is reviewing the complaint and does not comment on litigation.

The agency in the past has said it has a policy of not commenting on litigation.

The Fish and Wildlife Service has a policy of not commenting on litigation or pending litigation.

But a wholesale, unilateral gag order to preclude elected officials from commenting on litigation they're involved in?