Anti-tax group files lawsuit 9:19 PM (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) An anti-tax group files a lawsuit to bar the state from spending money under the new school finance plan. [News Source]

$1 million lawsuit filed against YMCA of Greater Houston (Houston Chronicle) An Austin law firm has filed a $1 million lawsuit against the YMCA of Greater Houston on behalf of the family of a 9-year-old girl who say a YMCA counselor molested her in 2004. [News Source]

Catholic Healthcare West settles lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! News) A health care provider with hospitals in three Western states agreed Wednesday to reimburse as many as 800,000 uninsured patients for excessive charges to settle a class-action price-gouging lawsuit. [News Source]

Judge: 9/11 jailings lawsuit can proceed (Newsday) A federal judge ruled Wednesday that several illegal immigrants from the Middle East could press a lawsuit in which they claim they were detained after Sept. 11 in unsanitary and overcrowded jails in Brooklyn and New Jersey. [News Source]

Offensive comments led to lawsuit in ‘Fat Nick’ case (Newsday) The victim in the 2005 Howard Beach bias attack didn't want to bring a lawsuit, but decided to do so after he took offense at the remarks of Maria Minucci, whose son Nicholas was convicted last week in the incident. [News Source]

Lawsuit: CIA Defines Who’s a News Outlet (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) WASHINGTON (AP) - The CIA has adopted internal rules allowing it to define what constitutes a news organization and what doesn't, a Washington-based research group contended in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday. The lawsuit by the National Security Archive, which operates the largest non-governmental library of declassified documents, says the spy agency has begun charging illegal search and [News Source]

Tobacco companies ask judge to dismiss Medicare lawsuit (Boston Globe) Cigarette makers asked a federal judge Wednesday to dismiss a lawsuit by a group seeking to recover at least $60 billion spent by Medicare on smoking-related illnesses. [News Source]

Bat Attack Victim Files Lawsuit Against Attackers (CBS 2 New York) Hate crime victim Glenn Moore said it was an article in Sunday's Daily News, quoting Nicholas Minucci's mother, that prompted him to file a lawsuit against his attackers. [News Source]

Lawsuit: CIA defines who’s a news outlet (AP via Yahoo! News) The CIA has adopted internal rules allowing it to define what constitutes a news organization and what doesn't, a Washington-based research group contended in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday. [News Source]

Detroit district settles lawsuit over school searches (Detroit News) Detroit Public Schools officials no longer can search students without a good reason under a lawsuit settlement announced Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan. [News Source]