De Niro Puts a Hit Out on Lawsuit (E! Online) Years after beating cancer, Robert De Niro's prostate problems are still plaguing him. The two-time Oscar winner moved Friday to dismiss a federal lawsuit brought against him by Fireman's Fund Insurance Co., which claims that De Niro failed to disclose that he had prostate cancer back in 2003 when the company signed on to insure the production of "Hide and Seek." Fireman's Fund, which paid ... [News Source]

Robert De Niro seeks lawsuit dismissal (AP via Yahoo! News) Robert De Niro has asked a court to dismiss a lawsuit brought against him by Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. [News Source]

Justices reject phone antitrust lawsuit (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) WASHINGTON - The nation's largest local phone companies won a Supreme Court victory Monday in a lawsuit by consumers alleging anticompetitive business practices. The court ruled 7-2 that the suit lacked any factual support for its accusations that the companies secretly agreed to stay out of each other's territories for local telephone and high-speed Internet service. The Second U.S. Circuit ... [News Source]

Lawsuit: FDNY discriminated on exams (AP via Yahoo! News) The mostly white Fire Department of New York discouraged racial diversity by using recruitment exams that inadvertently discriminated against blacks and Hispanics, the U.S. Department of Justice charged Monday in a civil rights lawsuit. [News Source]

High court overrules lawsuit against phone companies (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

WASHINGTON — The nation’s largest local phone companies won a Supreme Court victory Monday in a lawsuit by consumers alleging anticompetitive business practices.

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Robert De Niro seeks lawsuit dismissal (AP via Yahoo! News) Robert De Niro has asked a court to dismiss a lawsuit brought against him by Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. [News Source]

U.S. attorney files seizure lawsuit after cockfighting raid (KATC 3 Lafayette) VAN BUREN, Ark. -- A federal prosecutor filed a lawsuit Monday to seize property where police arrested 81 people they said were involved in an illegal cockfighting ring. [News Source]

Judge seeks to reopen lawsuit over light cigarettes (The Pantagraph)

EDWARDSVILLE — A judge whose $10.1 billion judgment against Philip Morris USA in a lawsuit over light cigarettes was thrown out on appeal is asking a court whether he can revive the case.

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Judge Dismisses Brunei Prince’s Lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! Finance) A federal judge in New York has dismissed a Brunei prince's lawsuit against Britain-based husband-and-wife legal advisers that the prince claims conned him and his companies out of millions of dollars. [News Source]

Naked couple’s lawsuit dismissed (MSNBC) A lawsuit by a couple forced out of bed by police was thrown out by the Supreme Court, which said the circumstances were regrettable but not an affront to the Constitution. [News Source]