That view has run into occasional legal roadblocks.

"A lot of companies want to help, but they've run into a legal roadblock," said Mr. Johnson, the spokesman for the drug industry trade group.

The building was slated for demolition in 2001, but the process was subject to various legal, environmental and bureaucratic roadblocks.

The fight with Austin proved to be Scott's farewell, as he has since hit another major legal roadblock.

She encountered legal roadblocks, however, in settling her husband's affairs because women were not allowed to own or inherit property.

To keep them in Pennsylvania, the companies say, the state need only put legal roadblocks in the raider's way.

Just a few years ago, for instance, Florida lawmakers removed legal roadblocks to the state's lawsuit against cigarette makers.

There's no doubt that there are plenty of technological and legal roadblocks facing this idea.

A certificate saying I'm your brother-in-law won't be enough to pass me through legal and bureaucratic roadblocks.

It also meant that there were no legal roadblocks to forced immunization.