Court dismisses lawsuit against Beyonce (AAP via Yahoo!7 News) A federal judge has dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit a singer-songwriter filed against Beyonce, ruling the songs were "substantially dissimilar." [News Source]

Court dismisses copyright infringement lawsuit against Beyonce (KGBT 4 Rio Grande Valley) HOUSTON A federal judge has dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit a Minneapolis singer-songwriter filed against Beyonce, ruling the songs were "substantially dissimilar." [News Source]

IBM Asks Judge to Dismiss $5 Billion Linux Lawsuit (GigaLaw.com) IBM Corp. asked a federal judge to throw out The SCO Group Inc.'s $5 billion lawsuit, arguing the Utah company failed to show its intellectual property was misappropriated when Big Blue donated software code to the freely distributed Linux operating system. [News Source]

Court Dismisses Keyword-Buying Lawsuit Against Google (GigaLaw.com) A federal court dismissed a lawsuit against Google over its practice of allowing companies to buy search-related ads that are displayed when people type in the name of a competitor. [News Source]

Judge Drops Mpls. Singer’s Lawsuit Against Beyonce (WCCO Minneapolis/St. Paul) A federal judge has dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit a Minneapolis singer-songwriter filed against Beyonce, ruling their songs were "substantially dissimilar." More Entertainment News [News Source]

AHH Stray News: ‘Baby Boy’ Lawsuit Dimissed, Ying Yang Rename Album, Jay-Z/TNT By Nolan Strong Date: 10/2/2006 9:30 pm (allhiphop.com) A copyright infringment lawsuit involving the #1 single "Baby Boy" by Beyonce Knowles was dismissed in a US District Court. [News Source]

Court dismisses copyright infringement lawsuit against Beyonce (ABC 7 El Paso) HOUSTON A federal judge has dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit a Minneapolis singer-songwriter filed against Beyonce, ruling the songs were "substantially... [News Source]

Supreme Court rejects lawsuit over antigay ads (The Advocate) The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider a lawsuit by a conservative group blocked from airing ads about same-sex marriage. [News Source]

County agrees to $375,000 settlement of strip-search lawsuit (Camden VillageSoup) PORTLAND (Oct 2): An emergency executive session of the Knox County Commissioners Monday morning may lead to the end of Laurie Tardiff's lawsuit against the county and Knox County Sheriff Dan Davey. [News Source]

Judge Dismisses New Haven Discrimination Lawsuit (NBC 30 Connecticut) A federal judge has dismissed a civil rights lawsuit involving mostly white New Haven firefighters who had claimed they are victims of reverse discrimination. [News Source]