XM Satellite asks judge to throw out music lawsuit (USA Today) XM Satellite Radio asked a federal judge Monday to throw out a copyright lawsuit by the recording industry over the company's new iPod-like device that can store up to 50 hours of music. XM Satellite said the 1992 Home Recording Audio act protects it from being sued over its "Inno" device. [News Source]

Federal judge throws out Fieger’s lawsuit against Supreme Court (WOOD TV 8) DETROIT A federal judge dismissed lawyer Geoffrey Fieger's lawsuit seeking to block the Michigan Supreme Court from enforcing court rules requiring attorneys to conduct... [News Source]

Judge Rules in ‘Disneyland for Gun Lovers’ Lawsuit (KLAS-TV) A class action lawsuit against the Front Sight Firearms Training Institute near Pahrump may be close to a settlement. A judge's ruling has prompted the two sides to start talking. [News Source]

XM Satellite asks judge to throw out music lawsuit (San Diego Union-Tribune) WASHINGTON, 3:35 p.m. July 17 (AP): XM Satellite Radio asked a federal judge Monday to throw out a copyright lawsuit by the recording industry over the company's new iPod-like device that can store up to 50 hours of music. [News Source]

CDC files lawsuit against Onyx and M2M Holdings (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) July 17 (Reuters) - Business software maker CDC Corp. said it filed a lawsuit against Onyx Software Corp. and M2M Holdings Inc. saying Onyx's board was not acting in its shareholders' best interests by rejecting the acquisition offer by CDC. [News Source]

Janklow Crash Lawsuit Refiled Against U.S. Govt. (WCCO Minneapolis/St. Paul) Nearly three years after former Rep. Bill Janklow caused an accident that killed a Hardwick, Minn., motorcyclist, the victim's family has filed a new $25 million wrongful death lawsuit against the U.S. government. More Local News [News Source]

CDC files lawsuit against Onyx and M2M (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) July 17 (Reuters) - CDC Corp. on Monday filed a lawsuit against Onyx Software Corp. and M2M Holdings Inc., saying Onyx's board was not acting in its shareholder's best interests by rejecting the acquisition offer by CDC. [News Source]

Does the Plame lawsuit have a chance? (CNN.com) Lots of legal experts greeted the Valerie Plame lawsuit against Vice President Cheney and White House senior officials Karl Rove and I. Lewis Libby with skepticism, largely because it will have to overcome an almost certain argument that Cheney and company are, as federal officials, immune to being sued for on-the-job behavior. But the argument to dismiss the lawsuit outright isn't so simple to [News Source]

Collinsville woman settles lawsuit in husband’s camper death (KMOV St. Louis) EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) -- A Metro East woman whose husband died last year in a fire in their travel trailer has reached a $7 million settlement in her lawsuit against the maker of the refrigerator she blames for the blaze. [News Source]

Judge Rules in ‘Disneyland for Gun Lovers’ Lawsuit (KLAS) A class action lawsuit against the Front Sight Firearms Training Institute near Pahrump may be close to a settlement. A judge's ruling has prompted the two sides to start talking. [News Source]