SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon has taken new steps toward a potential lawsuit against the developers of its failed health insurance website by hiring a phalanx of lawyers and issuing demands for evidence and other material that could be used in a civil case against technology giant Oracle Corp.

Legal demands for potential evidence were issued Monday, officials in the governor’s office and the state Department of Justice told The Associated Press. But they declined to say how many of the so-called civil investigative demands were issued or whom they target. They are the first such demands issued in preparation for potential litigation against Oracle, said Kristina Edmunson, a department spokeswoman.