Newspaper settles lawsuit over police agreements (Billings Gazette) SHERIDAN -- The Sheridan Press has settled a lawsuit it filed to learn the details of how three police officers were disciplined for their roles in pulling over Mayor Dave Kinskey on an unwarranted DUI stop. [News Source]

Lawsuit Over Karaoke: What are the Rules? (News Channel 9 Syracuse) A popular Hanover Square Bar, the Bull and the Bear Pub, is being sued for copyright and royalty fees from ASCAP, one of three associations that collects royalties for musicians and song writers. The lawsuit centers around one night of karaoke at the bar and a handful of songs that weren’t covered. [News Source]

Judge says lawsuit over Teris plant explosion (WREG-TV Memphis) EL DORADO, Ark. A judge says a lawsuit can proceed against Teris L-L-C over an explosion last year at the hazardous waste processing plant near El Dorado. A January Second, 2005, fire and explosion occurred in a warehouse where magnesium, lithium and other materials were stored. [News Source]

Litter lawsuit court date looming (WREG-TV Memphis) TULSA, Okla. Poultry industry representatives will ask a judge to force Attorney General Drew Edmondson to share the data he used to file a pollution lawsuit against poultry companies and to promote his case around the state. [News Source]

Stench from waste facility stirs sicknesses, lawsuit (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) More than 200 people say a noxious odor from an industrial waste facility in south Fulton County has sickened them, and the stench has prompted an investigation and a lawsuit. Dr. Steven Katkowsky, district health officer for Fulton County, declared a critical health incident last week and banned the source of the odor from the county. The company, Philip Services Corp., has turned away more [News Source]

SPSA speaks out about lawsuit filed by city of Chesapeake (WAVY 10) The Southeastern Public Service Authority spoke about the lawsuit against it filed by the City of Chesapeake last month. SPSA wants the city to drop the lawsuit. [News Source]

Sigma Designs gets SEC query, lawsuit over stock options (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) Sigma Designs Inc. said Wednesday it received an informal query from the Securities and Exchange Commission about its stock options procedures, and a shareholder derivative lawsuit was also filed against the company in U.S. [News Source]

Sigma Designs gets SEC query, lawsuit over stock options (BizJournals) Sigma Designs Inc. said Wednesday it received an informal query from the Securities and Exchange Commission about its stock options procedures, and a shareholder derivative lawsuit was also filed against the company in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. [News Source]

Fairfax files lawsuit alleging stock manipulation (Investment Executive) Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking $5 billion in damages from a number of defendants who, the complaint alleges, participated in a stock market manipulation scheme involving Fairfax shares. [News Source]

Lexapro lawsuit filed against Forest Labs (PhysOrg) A lawsuit has been filed against U.S.-based Forest Laboratories involving the deaths of two men taking the drug company's antidepressant, Lexapro. [News Source]