Toshiba settles lawsuit over chip patent (telecomasia.net) (Associated Press via NewsEdge) Japanese electronics maker Toshiba settled a lawsuit over a flash memory chip patent claimed by a former employee, agreeing to pay him 87 million yen ($750,000). [News Source]

State Supreme Court says sex abuse files kept by Boy Scouts can be used in lawsuit (Seattle Times) Decades of files that the Boy Scouts of America compiled on sexual abuse allegations can be used in a lawsuit claiming the organization was ineffective at preventing abuse, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. [News Source]

Strayhorn Drops ‘Grandma’ Lawsuit (KXAN 36 Austin) Independent Carole Keeton Strayhorn Thursday dropped her lawsuit to get "Grandma" listed as part of her name on the November ballot for governor. The state comptroller announced her decision a few hours after a judge in Austin ruled she didn't have jurisdiction to decide the nickname case. [News Source]

Judge rules deputies’ lawsuit against sheriff can go forward (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) A federal lawsuit alleging that Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher illegally retaliated against a subordinate who challenged him in the 2004 election has survived an attempt to dismiss it. U.S. District Judge Ann Montgomery has ruled that Fletcher's challenger, Lt. John H. Moore, and a deputy who worked in his campaign, Sgt. Joyce M. Shockency, have raised genuine factual issues about whether [News Source]

Lawsuit Accuses Former Nats President Of Slapping (NBC4 Washington, D.C.) A lawsuit accuses the former president of the Washington Nationals, Tony Tavares, of slapping another front office executive during a surprise confrontation at RFK Stadium. [News Source]

Restaurant Liable In Tip Lawsuit (WCVB TheBostonChannel.com via Yahoo! News) Some local waiters and waitresses said their managers have been swiping their gratuities, and a jury agreed. The verdict means the Hilltop Steakhouse in Saugus could have to pay wait staff more than $2.5 million in connection with the lawsuit. [News Source]

Dancer Flatley gets go-ahead for lawsuit (AAP via Yahoo!7 News) Riverdance star Michael Flatley has won a court ruling allowing him to proceed with a lawsuit against a woman who claimed he raped her. [News Source]

Lawsuit Filed To Keep Galveston Beach Houses Where They Are (KUT FM Austin) The owner of homes in Galveston this week filed a lawsuit claiming that the Texas Open Beach act, which could force the removal of houses from eroding beaches, is unconstitutional. [News Source]

Michael Flatley gets go-ahead for extortion lawsuit (Reuters via Yahoo! News) "Riverdance" star Michael Flatley on Thursday won a court ruling allowing him to proceed with a $100 million extortion and defamation lawsuit against a woman who claimed he had raped her. [News Source]

Strayhorn Drops ‘Grandma’ Lawsuit (KXAN 36 Austin) Independent Carole Keeton Strayhorn Thursday dropped her lawsuit to get "Grandma" listed as part of her name on the November ballot for governor. The state comptroller announced her decision a few hours after a judge in Austin ruled she didn't have jurisdiction to decide the nickname case. [News Source]