Lawsuit challenges campaign finance rules (The Burlington Free Press) Three contributors to independent gubernatorial candidate Anthony Pollina's campaign filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the state's campaign finance rules. [News Source]

Ramapo faces land sale lawsuit from citizens group, county Legislator (The Journal News) Ramapo's sale of a parcel of land that it acquired for free is illegal and corrupt and constitutes town officials' dereliction of duty, according to plaintiffs who filed a state Supreme Court lawsuit to block the sale yesterday. [News Source]

William Bell worried federal lawsuit could kill Jefferson County Commission District 1 vote (Birmingham News) Federal judges on Wednesday denied a request by William Bell to have a say in a lawsuit that could determine if voters will choose the Jefferson County Commission District 1 representative on Nov. 4. [News Source]

Lawsuit challenges campaign finance rules (The Burlington Free Press) Three contributors to independent gubernatorial candidate Anthony Pollina's campaign filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the state's campaign finance rules. [News Source]

Lawsuit questions Obama’s eligibility for office (The Washington Times) Pennsylvania's former deputy attorney general and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton supporter Philip J. Berg has filed a lawsuit in federal court in Pennsylvania accusing presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama of lying about his U.S. citizenship, which would make him ineligible to be president. [News Source]

Fayette schools lawsuit becomes public (Lexington Herald-Leader) A class action lawsuit accusing the Fayette County Board of Education of being indifferent to sex abuse allegations in the 1970s and 1980s has become public. Plaintiff attorneys involved in the case said it relies heavily on testimony in Carol Lynne Maner's high-profile sex abuse lawsuit, which led to a $3.7 million jury verdict last summer. (A judge later increased the verdict to $3.9 ... [News Source]

Fayette schools lawsuit becomes public (Lexington Herald-Leader) A class action lawsuit accusing the Fayette County Board of Education of being indifferent to sex abuse allegations in the 1970s and 1980s has become public. Plaintiff attorneys involved in the case said it relies heavily on testimony in Carol Lynne Maner's high-profile sex abuse lawsuit, which led to a $3.7 million jury verdict last summer. (A judge later increased the verdict to $3.9 ... [News Source]

Indonesia shrugs off ExxonMobil lawsuit (AAP via Yahoo!7 News) Indonesia's armed forces chief has dismissed a US judge's that ExxonMobil must face a lawsuit over alleged killings and torture by troops in Aceh province. [News Source]

Appeals court reinstates Santa Clara County’s lawsuit against drug companies (San Jose Mercury News) The lawsuit, backed by federal audits, maintains the drug companies have failed to provide mandatory drug discounts to public hospitals and clinics, effectively gouging taxpayers for the cost. [News Source]

Target, Advocacy Group Settle Lawsuit Over Web Access (NBC 11 Bay Area) The National Federation of the Blind and Target Corp. announce a settlement of a lawsuit filed in federal court in San Francisco over blind customers' access to the retail chain's Web site. [News Source]