Meeting Attempts to Stop Lawsuit (R News) Minority legislators in Monroe County are making one last attempt to stop the county's controversial sales tax intercept lawsuit from moving forward. Democrats filed a referral with the legislature’s president Wednesday requesting an emergency meeting. [News Source]

Wrongful death lawsuit settled in 2002 Winnipesaukee boat crash (WCAX 3) MANCHESTER, N.H. The widow of a man killed in a boating accident on (New Hampshire's) Lake Winnipesaukee has settled her wrongful death lawsuit for an undisclosed amount of money. [News Source]

Body Parts Lawsuit (KWWL-TV Iowa City) A Charles City man who underwent spinal surgery is going to court, saying doctors used parts from a cadaver never screened for disease. Keith Bruns filed a lawsuit in Cedar Rapids against several companies, including a tissue harvester and the company that distributed the tissue. [News Source]

Lawsuit Filed Against Proposed Ethanol Plant (KELOLAND) A lawsuit against ethanol expansion has been filed in Brown County . The lawsuit names over 40 Brown County residents who are suing Glacial lakes Energy, for making plans to build an ethanol plant near their homes. [News Source]

Nortel Agrees to $1.89 Billion Lawsuit Settlement (Update2) (Bloomberg.com) June 21 (Bloomberg) -- Nortel Networks Corp., the largest North American maker of telephone equipment, agreed to settle a $1.89 billion shareholder lawsuit over accounting fraud after reaching a resolution with Canadian investors. [News Source]

ACLU files lawsuit over Miami school book ban (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against Miami's public school system on Wednesday, saying its ban on a children's book about travel to Cuba was unconstitutional. [News Source]

Jury sides with SLO County in age-discrimination lawsuit (The San Luis Obispo Tribune) A jury sided with San Luis Obispo County this week in a lawsuit brought by a former top manager in the Department of Social Services who claimed he lost his job two years ago because of his age and because he was a whistleblower. [News Source]

CIBC affiliates named in Global Crossing insider trading lawsuit (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News) A $2-billion US class action lawsuit filed against CIBC in New York contains new claims against the bank, CIBC said Wednesday. [News Source]

Melton, Newspaper Sign Agreement To End Lawsuit (WAPT.com) JACKSON, Miss. -- Jackson Mayor Frank Melton and The Clarion-Ledger newspaper signed an agreement to end a lawsuit. Last month, the newspaper sued the mayor over the city's failure to respond to public records requests. [News Source]

Teen’s Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit (KGBT 4 Rio Grande Valley) (AP) _ The family of a teenager killed by officers has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Brownsville Police and border authorities. Brownsville police and U-S Customs and Border Protection Agents [News Source]