A strong verdict against Microsoft could well lead to harsh sanctions against the company, including breaking it up.

If the verdict should now lead to relaxation of state oversight or hospital monitoring of working conditions, the medical profession and the public would suffer.

When it was read, , the verdict led to harsh words between some members of the Allen family and others in the courtroom.

But he emphasized that even a verdict he found flawed should lead to the lifting of economic sanctions and better ties with Washington.

The unpopular verdict also ultimately led to a change in California state law which ended the diminished capacity defense.

The verdict may also lead to more suits against practitioners of recovered-memory therapy.

In the Rwanda case, because the three worked for press outlets, the verdict led to questions about whether journalists elsewhere might now risk similar prosecution.

While the verdict did not lead to the punishment of the offenders, it did help victims claim compensation.

Government officials have been warning for months that any verdict in favor of redollarization would lead to financial chaos.

The verdict complete, the soldiers of heathendom now led their victim out of the court, into the street, and to an awaiting prison.