The very first time Donald Trump's name appeared in the New York Times: October 16, 1973:
Trump and his father fought the case for two years before taking the first settlement offer the government presented to them. The settlement offer did not require the Trumps to admit wrongdoing.
When discussing this case, such as in a debate with Clinton in 2016, Trump will make a claim like "we, along with
many, many other companies throughout the country — it was a federal lawsuit — were sued." This implication that the Trump organization was part of some larger suit is false.