New York WTC first responders lawsuit resumes next week (People’s Daily) A federal court in Mahattan on Friday told both sides of the World Trade Center first responders lawsuit to come back in court on Monday. [News Source]

AT&T Statement on Ruling of U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker in Hepting vs. AT&T Lawsuit (SYS-CON Media) We asked the judge to dismiss this lawsuit based on a series of statutory and common law immunities that exempt corporations from civil lawsuits which contain claims or allegations that the companies cooperated with government or law enforcement agencies regarding national security matters. [News Source]

US man wins penile malfunction lawsuit (Sydney Morning Herald) A former handyman has won more than $US400,000 ($A545,890) in a lawsuit over a penile implant that gave him a 10-year erection. - [News Source]

AT&T claims immunity in eavesdropping lawsuit (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Privacy rights advocates pressed a U.S. judge on Friday to allow their lawsuit against AT&T to go forward, charging the telecommunications giant is breaking the law by helping a U.S. government eavesdropping program. [News Source]

Appeals court rejects lawsuit over revealing yearbook photo (Asbury Park Press) The Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court has rejected a 2002 lawsuit filed by a Colts Neck High School student who contended he suffered emotional distress after a yearbook picture of him playing basketball partially revealed his private parts. In his original complaint, Tyler Bennett, then a junior and a member of the Colts Neck High School basketball team, stated that because he [News Source]

Judge mulling whether to dismiss spy lawsuit (KESQ) SAN FRANCISCO The government is urging a federal judge in San Francisco today to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the Bush administration's domestic spying program. [News Source]

Man whose penile implant malfunctioned wins $400,000 in lawsuit (Boston Globe) A former handyman has won more than $400,000 in a lawsuit over a penile implant that has given him a 10-year erection. [News Source]

St. Louis law firm to pay $65,000 to settle EEOC lawsuit (KMOV St. Louis) St. Louis (KMOV/EEOC) -- A St. Louis based multi-state law firm will pay $65,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission. [News Source]

Cascade County settles pollution lawsuit for 4 million (Helena Independent Record) GREAT FALLS (AP) - Cascade County has agreed to pay 4 million to an oilseed milling company to settle an eight-year-old lawsuit and begin cleaning up a plume of petroleum and other solvents found under the Montana Specialty Mills' property. [News Source]

Second lawsuit filed in Great Falls mill fire (Times and Democrat) CHESTER, S.C. - A second lawsuit has been filed following a Great Falls mill fire that forced about 1,200 residents to evacuate earlier this month. The lawsuit claims Chester County officials were negligent in allowing a plastics recycling business to reopen at the mill site. [News Source]