MBC faces Dh15m lawsuit over ‘copyright infringement (Khaleej Times) DUBAI — The inheritors of the legendary 20th century singer and Egyptian idol Abdel Halim Hafez say they would file a lawsuit against the Dubai-based MBC for showing the Al Andaleeb serial allegedly without obtaining their prior consent. [News Source]

Las Colinas Online Dating Service Wins Lawsuit (CBS 11 Fort Worth) A Las Colinas-based online dating service is claiming victory in the battle to keep its clients safe. True.com settled a landmark lawsuit against a man who lied about his criminal past. [News Source]

McDonald’s not liable in south Georgia strip-search lawsuit (WALB News 10) ATLANTA (AP) -- A federal appeals court has upheld a decision to let McDonald's out of a lawsuit over an incident in which a south Georgia restaurant employee was strip-searched at the instructions of a caller posing as a police officer. [News Source]

Lawsuit Claims St. Bernard Rental Law is Discriminatory (RedNova) By JOE GYAN JR. NEW ORLEANS - A fair-housing group filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the St. Bernard Parish Council, claiming an ordinance the council passed last month restricting the rental of many homes in the parish to blood relatives of the owner is unconstitutional. [News Source]

Brothers add Illinois State Police to police abuse lawsuit (Southern Illinoisan) CHICAGO - Two brothers who accused a police officer in Marengo of using excessive force during an October 2004 arrest have added two Illinois State Police investigators to their federal civil rights lawsuit. [News Source]

McDonald’s not liable in south Georgia strip-search lawsuit (WALB News 10) ATLANTA (AP) -- A federal appeals court has upheld a decision to let McDonald's out of a lawsuit over an incident in which a south Georgia restaurant employee was strip-searched at the instructions of a caller posing as a police officer. [News Source]

Lawsuit Filed In SF Hit & Run Rampage (CBS 5 Bay Area) One of the most severely injured victims in an Aug. 29 hit-and-run rampage through the streets of San Francisco has filed a civil lawsuit against a man accused of striking her and several other pedestrians. [News Source]

Homeless advocates pursue lawsuit against Worcester library (WRGB) (Worcester, MASS - AP) - Homeless advocates say they're not ready to drop a lawsuit against the Worcester Public Library and the city despite a recent policy change. [News Source]

8th local lawsuit filed against human tissue firm (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) In the eighth lawsuit filed locally against a New Jersey human tissue firm, a Rochester man asserts that the company unlawfully harvested tissue from his father's remains last year. [News Source]

McDonald’s not liable in strip-search lawsuit (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) A federal appeals panel has upheld a decision to let McDonald's Corp. out of a lawsuit over an incident in which a south Georgia restaurant employee was strip-searched at the instructions of a caller posing as a police officer. The three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court ruling less than two weeks after hearing oral arguments in the case. The 19-year-old [News Source]