Lawsuit Filed Against State, Jail For Mentally Ill (CBS 4 Miami) A federal lawsuit, citing our series has been filed in hopes of forcing change for the mentally ill at the Miami-Dade County jail. [News Source]

Oil giant lawsuit bid fails (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) TONY EASTLEY: One of the oil giants in the Timor Sea has failed in its bid to throw out a lawsuit alleging it paid millions of dollars in bribes to East Timor's former Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri. [News Source]

Lawsuit: Student attacked because he was gay (ABC 7 Chicago) A man has filed a lawsuit in Grant County accusing a U-W Platteville student and another man of attacking him because he's gay. [News Source]

UND Nickname Lawsuit Nearly Ready (KXMB CBS12 Bismarck) The battle over the Fighting Sioux nickname may hit the courts soon. A University of North Dakota official says a lawsuit against the NCAA could be filed in a matter of days. Phil Harmeson says details of the lawsuit are still being worked out, includin [News Source]

Lawsuit seeks to overturn ban on gifts to state legislators. (Miami Herald) A ''zero tolerance'' state law that bans legislators from taking gifts or meals from lobbyists should be struck down by the courts, contends a lawsuit filed Thursday in Leon County. [News Source]

Aisenbergs Drop Lawsuit Against Sheriff’s Office (First Coast News) TAMPA, FL (AP) -- A couple once considered suspects in the disappearance of their baby girl has abandoned a lawsuit claiming the county sheriff's office fabricated evidence, lied and failed to adequately investigate the crime, officials said Thursday. [News Source]

Jordan ‘Surprised’ by US Labor Groups’ Lawsuit (Arab News) AMMAN, 29 September 2006 — Jordan said yesterday it was “surprised” by the filing of a lawsuit against the government by two US labor organizations over alleged abuse of foreign manpower in the Kingdom. [News Source]

Tim Hortons and Wendy’s fight debtholders’ lawsuit against spinoff plans (Canadian Business) Rita Trichur September 28, 2006 - 4:59 p.m. Patrons enter a Wendy's and Tim Hortons store. (CPimages/Jay LaPrete) TORONTO (CP) - Tim Hortons Inc. (TSX:THI) and American parent company Wendy's International Inc. (NYSE:WEN) will fight a lawsuit by noteholders who are trying to thwart the burger giant's plan to spin off the rest of its Canadian-based coffee and doughnut chain on Friday. [News Source]

Dismissal of lawsuit upheld by state appeals court (WCAX 3) ROCHESTER, N.Y. A state court has upheld the dismissal of a civil lawsuit brought against a central New York town and a property owner over a fire training exercise that killed a firefighter. [News Source]

Judge dismisses alpaca paternity lawsuit (Boston Globe) A judge dismissed a lawsuit filed over the paternity of a baby alpaca, but the ruling might not mark the end of the barnyard soap opera. Cathy Crosson sued in Monroe Circuit Court to get the owners of an Illinois breeding farm to disclose which of its male alpacas sired the year-old offspring of her prized female, Peruvian Lily of ... [News Source]