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Lawsuit says farm harassed migrant workers (Syracuse.com)
Saturday September 30th 2006, 11:14 am

MARLBORO, N.Y. (AP) — Making accusations of racial slurs and harassment, the federal government has filed a lawsuit against a Hudson Valley farm and its treatment of migrant workers. [News Source]

Howard County Government Settles Sexual Harassment Lawsuit (WJLA-TV Washington D.C.)
Saturday September 30th 2006, 10:55 am

Ellicot City, MD (AP) - The Howard County government has paid $75,000 of taxpayer money to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit. [News Source]

Closed meeting set on lawsuit (Orlando Sentinel)
Saturday September 30th 2006, 9:31 am

-Orange City officials will have a closed meeting Monday to discuss the lawsuit the city filed against the GEL Corp. landfill to try to shut it down. [News Source]

Attorneys request stay in ID lawsuit (Columbia Daily Tribune)
Saturday September 30th 2006, 9:13 am

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) - Attorneys in a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s voter ID requirement have agreed to put the case on hold while the Missouri Supreme Court hears a separate appeal. [News Source]

Immigration activist’s lawsuit dismissed (AP via Yahoo! News)
Saturday September 30th 2006, 7:16 am

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed on behalf of an immigration activist who took refuge in a Chicago church after the government ordered her to deportation to Mexico. [News Source]

$400M settlement in Qwest lawsuit OK’d (The Clarion-Ledger)
Saturday September 30th 2006, 6:13 am

DENVER — A judge has given final approval to a $400 million settlement of a lawsuit that accused Qwest Communications of civil fraud in connection with a multibillion-dollar accounting scandal. [News Source]

Lawsuit: At Outback, women passed over (Asbury Park Press)
Saturday September 30th 2006, 4:28 am

OSI Restaurant Partners Inc., which does business as Outback Steakhouse, discriminated against women in hiring and promotion to management, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a lawsuit filed Friday. [News Source]

Court rules against lawsuit-liability law (The Morning Call)
Saturday September 30th 2006, 4:09 am

Order says Legislature's action violated state Constitution. | The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has rejected an effort by two high-ranking Republican lawmakers to revive a business-friendly law that would have altered how civil lawsuit awards are paid. [News Source]

Sheriff candidate Jerry Airola among several named in sexual harassment lawsuit (KVBC Las Vegas)
Saturday September 30th 2006, 4:08 am

Two nurses have filed a sexual harassment lawsuit which includes candidate for Clark County Sheriff, Jerry Airola. Airola is one of several people named in the lawsuit that clams management of Sun-Western Flyers and Silver State Helicopters didn't do anything to stop ongoing harassment. [News Source]

Sabrina’s parents dismiss lawsuit (Bradenton Herald)
Saturday September 30th 2006, 3:11 am

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]