Former school administrator settles lawsuit (North County Times) LOS ANGELES - A former Los Angeles Unified assistant principal from Nigeria who alleged he was demoted to teacher because he is black settled his lawsuit with the district today while his case was in mid-trial. [News Source]

Hancock’s father files lawsuit (FOX 16 Little Rock) The father of Josh Hancock filed a lawsuit against the restaurant that served alcohol to the St. Louis Cardinals pitcher on the night the reliever was killed in a car... [News Source]

Jay-Z Faces Lawsuit (Soundbuzz via Yahoo!7 Music News) Jay-Z Faces Lawsuit [News Source]

N.H. wins appeal on MtBE lawsuit (Boston Globe) New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte says the state's lawsuit against oil companies for MtBE contamination of state waters will be returned to state court, as a result of a decision by a federal appeals court. [News Source]

I-Team: Halverson’s Judicial Assistant Files Defamation Lawsuit (KLAS Las Vegas) It was during an interview with the I-Team that Judge Halverson first revealed she believed her former assistant was fixing tickets. Now that assistant, Ileen Spoor, is firing back with lawsuit. Read on for a link to the Spoor vs. Halverson complaint . [News Source]

Jury awards lineman $39M in Qwest lawsuit (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) A Denver District Court jury awarded a former lineman with Xcel Energy more than $39 million in damages in a lawsuit against Qwest Communications International Inc. on Thursday. [News Source]

Attorney General Paul Morrison filed a lawsuit today challenging the state’s new funeral picketing law. (WIBW-TV Topeka)

Tthe lawsuit filed with the Kansas Supreme Court is actually part of the new law. It can’t go into effect until it has been declared constitutional.

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Federal Judge Throws Out Confederate Flag Lawsuit (WVLT-TV Knoxville) A lawsuit filed by a group of Blount County students over the right to wear a confederate flag will not be heard by a federal judge. [News Source]

Best Buy? Lawsuit Says Chain Overcharges (KGO-TV Bay Area) Connecticut's attorney general announced a lawsuit Thursday against Best Buy Co. Inc., accusing the nation's largest consumer electronics retailer of deceiving customers with in-store computer kiosks and overcharging them. [News Source]

Lawsuit Filed to Stop City Smoking Ban (WANE-TV Fort Wayne) Bar and business owners file a lawsuit to stop the smoking ban from taking effect June first. [News Source]