Stillwater District Settles Discrimination Lawsuit (WCCO Minneapolis/St. Paul) The Stillwater Area School District has agreed to pay more than $1.1 million to dozens of former district employees to settle an age discrimination lawsuit. More Education News [News Source]

Former Lafayette AD has discrimination lawsuit reinstated (USA Today) A federal appeals court Monday reinstated part of a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by a Lafayette College administrator, citing last year's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that expanded protections of Title IX, the landmark gender-equity law. Eve Atkinson, said she was fired in 2001 because of her gender and because she criticized the college for failing to support men's and women's sports equally. [News Source]

Lawsuit challenges spotted owl critical habitat designations (Enviornmental News Link) Filed on behalf of the Arizona Cattle Growers' Association (ACGA), the lawsuit contends that the U.S. [News Source]

Second Lawsuit Filed in Plane Crash (AP via Yahoo! Finance) A second lawsuit was filed Monday against the company that made the engines for a skydiving plane that crashed shortly after takeoff last month, killing six of the eight passengers. [News Source]

Bank files lawsuit against Eric Dickerson (WTHR Indianapolis) Indianapolis - A bank filed a lawsuit against congressional candidate Eric Dickerson saying he owes two million dollars on loans for his car dealership. [News Source]

Cherney may soon file lawsuit against Oleg Deripaska (Emerging Markets Economy) Michael Cherney (Mikhail Chernoy), an Israel-based international industrialist, may soon file a lawsuit against Oleg Deripaska, the owner of RusAl, the largest Russian and second-largest world aluminum producer. [News Source]

Lawsuit over salt potatoes settled (News 10 Now) A dispute over salt potatoes by two Central New York food companies is now over. Earlier this year, Hinerwadel's Inc. filed a trademark-infringement suit against Rapasadi and Sons. The lawsuit claimed Rapasadi purchased bags formerly used by Hinerwadel's and filled them with their own product. [News Source]

Lawsuit Could Close Seneca Casino (Casino City Times) WASHINGTON, D.C. – As reported by the Buffalo News: "The Seneca Nation's casino in Niagara Falls would have to close if gambling opponents win their federal lawsuit aimed at stopping a Buffalo gaming hall, the tribe acknowledged in a report this week. [News Source]

Freddie Mac in to settle ERISA lawsuit (Sharewatch) The lawsuit alleged the mortgage finance company had violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act because the people running the Thrift/401(k) savings plan failed to give complete and accurate information to participants in the program and failed to manage the fund properly. [News Source]

Freddie Mac in to Settle ERISA Lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Freddie Mac said Monday that it had agreed to pay $4.65 million to settle a class-action lawsuit related to both its employee 401 plan and its accounting scandal, a move the company said also closes a separate investigation by the Labor Department. [News Source]