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Strayhorn files lawsuit over decision on name (Houston Chronicle)
Wednesday July 19th 2006, 11:05 pm

Strayhorn warned earlier this week that the lawsuit was coming after Secretary of State Roger Williams ruled that "Grandma" is a slogan, not a nickname permitted on the ballot. [News Source]

Televisa Files Lawsuit Against Univision (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Wednesday July 19th 2006, 7:16 pm

Mexico's Grupo Televisa SA filed another lawsuit against Univision Communications Wednesday, asserting its right to begin distributing its television programming to U.S. audiences over the Internet. [News Source]

Studio’s lawsuit against Playboy allowed to proceed (Crane’s Chicago Business)
Wednesday July 19th 2006, 3:54 pm

(AP)-- Adult film studio Vivid Entertainment Group said Wednesday that a California Superior Court judge is allowing its lawsuit for back fees to move forward against adult entertainment company Playboy Enterprises Inc. The complaint, which was filed in April, alleges that Playboy violated terms ... [News Source]

Vivid Says Playboy Lawsuit to Proceed (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Wednesday July 19th 2006, 3:12 pm

Adult film studio Vivid Entertainment Group said Wednesday that a California Superior Court judge is allowing its lawsuit for back fees to move forward against adult entertainment company Playboy Enterprises Inc. [News Source]

Controversies continue to swirl around Ridgefield officials: Lawyer: Officer investigating potential witness in lawsuit (The Columbian)
Wednesday July 19th 2006, 1:35 pm

Vancouver attorney David Nordeen wants to know why Ridgefield police Officer Cathy Doriot is asking questions about a woman who is a potential witness in a civil rights lawsuit against the city of Ridgefield. [News Source]

Evansville police dispute lawsuit’s claim (Gazette Extra Sports)
Wednesday July 19th 2006, 1:33 pm

EVANSVILLE-Evansville police say their reports reveal a different version of events than a federal lawsuit that accuses an Evansville officer of violating the Driver's Privacy Protection Act by obtaining a woman's address from state motor vehicle records and disclosing it to her ex-husband. [News Source]

Protiva lawsuit threatens Inex spin-out timetable (The Globe and Mail)
Wednesday July 19th 2006, 12:28 pm

TORONTO (Reuters) - Protiva Biotherapeutics said on Wednesday it plans to push ahead with a lawsuit filed earlier this year to stop Inex Pharmaceuticals Inc. from transferring Protiva's agreements with Inex and other assets into a spin-out company. [News Source]

Mother of former training school student files lawsuit (WREG-TV Memphis)
Wednesday July 19th 2006, 11:53 am

JACKSON, Miss. The mother of a former student at Columbia Training School has filed a ten (m) million-dollar federal lawsuit accusing a male employee at the juvenile facility of sexual assaulting her daughter. [News Source]

Activision says faces lawsuit over options (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Wednesday July 19th 2006, 6:41 am

Activision Inc. is the subject of a lawsuit accusing the video game maker of improprieties in its issuing of stock options, the company said in a regulatory filing released on Wednesday. [News Source]

Lawsuit revises blame in Mizzou case (Lawrence Journal-World)
Wednesday July 19th 2006, 5:42 am

Columbia, Mo. — A revised lawsuit filed Tuesday by the parents of a Missouri football player who died during preseason workouts last year targets the unfamiliarity of the team’s trainers and assistant coaches with the symptoms and exercise-induced complications of sickle cell trait. [News Source]