Court affirms lawsuit’s class’action status (News On 6 Tulsa) Associated Press - February 8, 2010 7:25 PM ET OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A federal appeals court has affirmed a lower-court ruling that granted class-action status to a lawsuit against the Oklahoma... [News Source]

Judge OKs ex-UCLA Bruins player Ed O’Bannon’s lawsuit vs. NCAA (ESPN) A federal judge has green-lighted most of a lawsuit by former UCLA basketball star Ed O'Bannon. [News Source]

Federal judge OKs O’Bannon’s lawsuit against UCLA (CBS Sports) A federal judge has green-lighted most of a lawsuit by former UCLA basketball star Ed O'Bannon, who alleges the NCAA used the images of student-athletes without permission. [News Source]

Detainee death lawsuit returns to court (FOX Providence) A judge is hearing arguments this week on whether the federal government should remain part of a lawsuit alleging abuse and neglect of a Chinese immigrant who died in the custody of a Rhode Island detention center two years ago. [News Source]

K-9 competition incident leads to lawsuit (Northwest Herald) WOODSTOCK – A spectator who was bitten at a police-dog competition is seeking at least $100,000 in damages in a lawsuit filed last week. [News Source]

Lawsuit accuses mortgage brokers of targeting seniors (ABC 7 Chicago) Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed a lawsuit against two mortgage brokers, accusing them of using deceptive marketing to solicit senior citizens for reverse mortgages. [News Source]

Judge OK’s former UCLA player lawsuit against NCAA (AP via Yahoo! Sports) A federal judge has green-lighted most of a lawsuit by former UCLA basketball star Ed O'Bannon, who alleges the NCAA used the images of student-athletes without permission. U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken denied the NCAA's attempt to have the lawsuit dismissed Monday. The NCAA had argued O'Bannon and others gave up their commercials rights when they annually signed a form... [News Source]

Leadwood man files lawsuit against Doe Run Resources (Park Hills Daily Journal) LEADWOOD — An environmental investigator who is looking into the lead situation in Leadwood told residents that one lawsuit has been filed and another is planned in the case involving The Doe Run Company’s remediation of the Leadwood mine tailings. [News Source]

Lawsuit seeks pygmy rabbit decision (KMIR 6 Palm Springs) SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - The federal government has failed to make a decision about protecting the rare pygmy rabbit in eight Western states. That's the contention of a lawsuit filed in federal court in Boise by an environmental group seeking to force the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to act. [News Source]

Caledonia class-action lawsuit can go forward: Judge (Canada.com) An Ontario Superior Court judge said Monday a class-action lawsuit against the provincial police over the 2006 Caledonia, Ont. native dispute can go forward. [News Source]