Appeals Panel Removes Judge Presiding Over Indian Lawsuit (New York Times) A panel found that the judge lacked objectivity in a decade-long lawsuit involving trust accounts that the Interior Department administers for Indians. [News Source]

Deputy-involved shootings result in third lawsuit (North County Times) VISTA ---- The series of deputy-involved shootings last summer that claimed the lives of three men in five days and spawned protests has produced a third federal lawsuit against sheriff's deputies. [News Source]

Lawsuit over pension fund settled (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Employees of the former Harnischfeger Industries have reached a $10.8 million settlement in a lawsuit that claimed that the company's pension fund did not warn them about the risk of investing heavily in their own company, even as Harnischfeger... [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]

Wrongful Conviction Lawsuit Goes to Trial (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) CHICAGO (AP) - Members of a police unit that is facing allegations of torturing innocent men to obtain convictions went on trial Tuesday in a civil lawsuit brought by a man who spent 27 years in prison before he was released and later pardoned. Michael Evans and a second man were convicted in 1977 in the murder of a 9-year-old girl. A Cook County judge released both men from prison in 2003 after [News Source]

Accusations fly in lawsuit against Jackson (UPI) LOS ANGELES, July 11 (UPI) -- The $1.6 California lawsuit against Michael Jackson has seen accusations thrown at both the pop singer and his former producer, F. Marc Schaffel. [News Source]

Wrongful Conviction Lawsuit Goes to Trial (Los Angeles Times) CHICAGO -- Members of a police unit that is facing allegations of torturing innocent men to obtain convictions went on trial Tuesday in a civil lawsuit brought by a man who spent 27 years in prison before he was released and later pardoned. [News Source]

Wrongful conviction lawsuit goes to trial (AP via Yahoo! News) Members of a police unit that is facing allegations of torturing innocent men to obtain convictions went on trial Tuesday in a civil lawsuit brought by a man who spent 27 years in prison before he was released and later pardoned. [News Source]

Lawsuit filed over Montana executions (Billings Gazette) HELENA -- Civil liberty groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking the state Supreme Court to suspend executions in Montana until a court can review whether lethal injection is humane. The groups, led by the American Civil Liberties Union, said mounting ev ... [News Source]

Teflon lawsuit attorneys to argue exchange of information rules (Quad-City Times) DES MOINES, Iowa - Attorneys on both sides of a lawsuit over the alleged health risks of using Teflon-coated products are scheduled to meet Wednesday to iron out details over information sharing. [News Source]