Carousel Mall Expansion Agreement/Lawsuit Settlement Rejected by Common Council (News Channel 9 Syracuse) By a vote of 6-3, the Syracuse Common Council has rejected the agreement reached by the City, Onondaga County, and Pyramid to settle the lawsuit filed by Pyramid, and expand the Carousel Center Mall.  How they voted: Patrick Hogan, Van Robinson, and Ryan McMahon voted yes.  Kathleen Callahan, Bill Simmons, Tommy Seals, Jeff DeFransisco, Stephanie Miner, and Bill Ryan voted no. -CLICK HERE to [News Source]

Ann D. White Law Offices, P.C. Files a Class Action Lawsuit Against InfoSonics Corporation (SYS-CON Media) Ann D. White Law Offices has filed a classaction lawsuit in the United States District Court for the SouthernDistrict of California, with Klafter & Olsen LLP, on behalf of purchasersof the publicly traded securities of InfoSonics Corporation ('InfoSonics')(AMEX: IFO) between May 9, 2006 and June 9, 2006 inclusive (the 'ClassPeriod'). Defendants include InfoSonics and certain of its top officers [News Source]

Bush administration demanding spy lawsuit dismissal (The Daily Comet) A lawsuit challenging the Bush administration's domestic spying program must be dismissed because it threatens to reveal state secrets and jeopardize the war on terror, the government says. [News Source]

Lawmakers Respond To Education Lawsuit (KELOLAND) Is a lawsuit really the answer to improving education in South Dakota? The lawsuit alleges because of a lack of funding, schools have suffered with low proficiency scores in math and reading, low graduation rates, and unqualified teachers. [News Source]

Hamill deposition in Halliburton lawsuit to remain sealed (KGBT 4 Rio Grande Valley) HOUSTON A judge today ruled Halliburton can avoid public release of sensitive documents in a lawsuit filed on behalf of truckers hurt or killed in Iraq. [News Source]

Bush administration demanding spy lawsuit dismissal (KESQ) SAN FRANCISCO The U-S government is set to argue before a federal judge in San Francisco tomorrow that a lawsuit challenging the Bush administration's electronic, domestic spying program must be dismissed. [News Source]

LAWSUIT AGAINST SMOKING BAN (KROD News 13) A group of more than 500 bars, restaurants, and other individuals have filed a lawsuit to stop the Colorado smoking ban from going into effect July 1st. However, it may be thrown out. [News Source]

Law Offices of Brodsky & Smith, LLC Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against Xerium Technologies Inc. (SYS-CON Media) Law offices of Brodsky & Smith, LLCannounces that a securities class action lawsuit has been filed on behalfof shareholders who purchased the common stock and other securities ofXerium Technologies Inc. (NYSE: XRM) ('Xerium' or the 'Company') betweenMay 16, 2005 and November 15, 2005, inclusive (the 'Class Period'). Theclass action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for [News Source]

Japanese Supreme Court to hand down ruling over lawsuit of Koizumi’s Yasukuni visit (People’s Daily) Japan's Supreme Court will hand down its ruling on Friday over the lawsuit whose plaintiffs accused Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of infringing the pacifist Constitution by visiting the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in 2001, Kyodo News reported on late Thursday. [News Source]

Cascade County settles Montana Specialty Mills lawsuit (Great Falls Tribune) Cascade County will pay $4 million to an oil seed milling company to settle an eight-year old lawsuit and begin environmental cleanup in the West Bank area. [News Source]