You halted sales of L-tryptophan before the recall, but have been named in some suits.

The company called the claims "without merit," but halted sales of its two junk bond funds.

The agreement does halt retail sales of three-wheel models but the issue is academic.

Once the drug is being used by millions, the agency has limited powers to halt sales that begin to look risky.

A strike last year at one of Astra's suppliers halted sales for two months.

In May, the Labour party came back to power and halted sales.

Last fall, Handspring had to halt online sales temporarily because of unexpectedly high demand.

But the decision to halt sales throughout Mississippi was the most sweeping retrenchment of any insurance company so far in the state.

Legal action was taken to halt sales of other recordings.

That theory, if adopted by other states, would effectively halt most gray-market sales.