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Movie, Internet provider settles California lawsuit (KESQ)
Wednesday August 02nd 2006, 9:36 pm

DENVER On Command, which provides movies and Internet services to hotels and cruise ships, says it has settled a California lawsuit that claimed rival N-X-T-V stole trade secrets. [News Source]

Former PR executive loses wrongful termination lawsuit (KESQ)
Wednesday August 02nd 2006, 9:22 pm

LOS ANGELES A former public relations executive convicted of bilking Los Angeles taxpayers out of about 300-thousand-dollars has lost a wrongful termination lawsuit he filed against his former firm. [News Source]

DJ fired for threatening rival’s daughter files lawsuit against councilman (ABC 13 Texas)
Wednesday August 02nd 2006, 8:53 pm

A former radio disc jockey fired after he threatened a rival's young daughter in sex-laced rants on the air filed a multimillion dollar defamation lawsuit on Wednesday against a city councilman who called the DJ a pedophile. [News Source]

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Off-Duty Cop (CBS 2 Chicago)
Wednesday August 02nd 2006, 7:53 pm

A wrongful death lawsuit was filed Wednesday by the family of a young man who was killed by police. Brian Keller was shot by an officer, but his family and the investigators do not agree on any version of the incident after that, CBS 2's Mike Parker reports. [News Source]

Lawsuit keeps British gas company afloat (KYIV Post)
Wednesday August 02nd 2006, 7:47 pm

After months of legal battles over its ownership rights to gas and condensate fields in Ukraine, London-based Regal Petroleum appears to have been given the green light by a Kyiv court to restart production at the fields, in pursuance of a lawsuit filed by one of the British company’s clients. [News Source]

DuPont, Dow settle lawsuit (The News Journal)
Wednesday August 02nd 2006, 7:04 pm

DuPont Co., the third-largest U.S. chemical maker, settled a lawsuit against Dow Chemical Co. over the hiring of an executive who had access to DuPont's research and development projects. DuPont agreed to waive a non-compete agreement covering Attignal Sreeram, former chief technology officer at its electronic technologies unit, so long as he doesn't work in "areas in which he has proprietary [News Source]

Family Files Federal Lawsuit Against JSO (WJXT News4Jax.com via Yahoo! News)
Wednesday August 02nd 2006, 6:37 pm

A federal lawsuit filed by the family of a bedridden, brain-dead Jacksonville man named the city of Jacksonville, the sheriff's office, and the company that provides medical service to the jail as defendants accused of wrongdoing that led to the man's current condition. [News Source]

Fired DJ Files Lawsuit Against Queens Councilman (1010 WINS New York)
Wednesday August 02nd 2006, 6:14 pm

A week after a judge dismissed criminal charges against a former radio disc jockey who threatened a rival's young daughter in sex-laced rants on the air, the DJ has filed a multimillion-dollar defamation lawsuit against one of his harshest critics. DJ Star, whose real name is Troi Torain, accuses Councilman John C. Liu of defaming his reputation during the controversy. [News Source]

GM lawsuit accuses Goodyear of cutting tire shipments (WOOD TV 8)
Wednesday August 02nd 2006, 5:03 pm

DETROIT General Motors claims Goodyear is improperly withholding some shipments in a dispute over prices. The automaker filed a lawsuit this week in Macomb... [News Source]

Family of man shot to death in church standoff settles lawsuit (Norwalk Advocate)
Wednesday August 02nd 2006, 4:59 pm

The family of a knife-wielding Connecticut man shot to death by police in a church during a 2001 standoff have settled a lawsuit filed against the town. [News Source]