Judge says discrimination lawsuit against Motorola can go forward (Southern Illinoisan) CHICAGO - A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit claiming sex discrimination by Motorola Inc. in the firing of a top female executive can go forward. [News Source]

MagnaChip Has Not Withdrawn Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Pixelplus (FinanzNachrichten) SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- MagnaChip Semiconductor today clarified the status of its patent infringement lawsuit against Pixelplus. ( Nachrichten ) While MagnaChip has withdrawn claims involving 2 of the 4 patents cited in its original lawsuit, MagnaChip continues to vigorously pursue all legal remedies for the remaining 2 patents in Seoul Central District Court against [News Source]

Lawsuit claims hospital, doctor performed unnecessary heart procedures (WIS News 10 Columbia) (Hilton Head Island-AP) October 8, 2006 - A lawsuit filed in federal court against Hilton Head Regional Medical Center and a former cardiologist James D. Johnston alleges the hospital performed hundreds of medically unnecessary heart procedures from 1997 through 2000. [News Source]

Judge Dismisses Security Lawsuit Against Acxiom (GigaLaw.com) A federal judge in Arkansas has thrown out a class action lawsuit against Acxiom, which exposed massive amounts of Americans' personal information in a high-profile Internet security snafu three years ago. [News Source]

Lawsuit against crematorium given class-action status (Boston Globe) A judge ruled Thursday that a lawsuit against the owners of the Bayview Crematorium, where dozens of families believed their loved ones' remains were mistreated, can be classified as a class-action lawsuit. [News Source]

Tyson immigrant hiring lawsuit gets class action status (KGBT 4 Rio Grande Valley) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. A federal judge in Tennessee has granted class action status to a wage-related lawsuit against Tyson Foods. [News Source]

OJ Simpson Wants Goldman Lawsuit Dismissed (KTLA 5) O.J. Simpson asked a California court to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks the publicity rights to his name, image and likeness to pay millions of dollars owed to relatives of his slain ex-wife and her friend. [News Source]

Lawsuit filed in E. coli death of Md. woman (Baltimore Sun) Calif. company accused of negligence in outbreak linked to tainted spinach A federal lawsuit was filed today on behalf of an elderly Hagerstown woman whose attorneys claim died as a result of eating tainted spinach. [News Source]

Lawsuit Against Bayview Crematorium Given Class-Action Status (WMUR News 9) SEABROOK, N.H. -- A judge ruled Thursday that a lawsuit against the owners of the Bayview Crematorium in Seabrook can be classified as a class-action lawsuit. [News Source]

$400 million settlement in Qwest lawsuit OK’d (Rocky Mountain News) A judge has given final approval to a $400 million settlement of a consolidated shareholder lawsuit that accused Qwest Communications of civil fraud in connection with a multibillion-dollar accounting scandal. [News Source]