Law Offices of Howard G. Smith Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against Netlist, Inc. (SYS-CON Media) Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that a securities class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of all person or entities who purchased shares of Netlist, Inc. ('Netlist' or the 'Company') in connection with the Company's Initial Public Offering ('IPO') on or about November 30, 2006, or who purchased shares thereafter in the open market (the 'Class Period'). The class action lawsuit was ... [News Source]

Judge rules in favor of newspaper in open records lawsuit (KFDA-TV Amarillo) Associated Press - May 29, 2007 10:55 PM ET AZTEC, N.M. (AP) - A judge has ruled in favor of The Daily Times and the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government in an open records lawsuit. [News Source]

Brower Piven Announces the Filing of a Class Action Lawsuit on Behalf of Sterling Financial Corporation Shareholders (SYS-CON Media) Brower Piven, A Professional Corporationannounces that a class action lawsuit has been commenced in the UnitedStates District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf ofpurchasers of the common stock of Sterling Financial Corporation('Sterling' or the 'Company') (NASDAQ: SLFI) between April 27, 2004 and May24, 2007, inclusive (the 'Class Period'). [News Source]

Abraham Fruchter & Twersky LLP Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Optionable Inc. (SYS-CON Media) Abraham Fruchter & Twersky LLP has filed aclass action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the SouthernDistrict of New York on behalf of investors of Optionable Inc.('Optionable' or the 'Company') (OTCBB: OPBL) who purchased the publiclytraded securities of Optionable between September 27, 2005 and May 14,2007, inclusive (the 'Class Period'), seeking to pursue remedies under ... [News Source]

Two ex-top cops file lawsuit against county (Miami Herald) Two former top-ranking Miami-Dade police officials have filed a whistle-blower lawsuit against the county, alleging they were forced to resign for investigating a politically connected lieutenant. [News Source]

Attorneys file sixth lawsuit against former priest, Donald Straub (KMOV St. Louis) (KMOV)- Attorneys file a sixth lawsuit against the former priest, Donald Straub Tuesday. The archdiocese is on the offensive and suing those attorneys. [News Source]

Group plans lawsuit against Tories over Kyoto (CBC) John Baird faced an at-times hostile parliamentary environment committee Tuesday as a lawsuit aimed at forcing the Conservatives to honour Canada's Kyoto targets was filed. [News Source]

With lawsuit looming, Spellings discusses No Child Left Behind (Boston Globe) U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings vigorously defended the No Child Left Behind act Tuesday in Connecticut, which has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the education law. [News Source]

Civil lawsuit trial set for former Hawkeye Williams (The Des Moines Register)

A civil lawsuit filed by the woman who has accused former U.S. Olympic wrestler Joe Williams of exposing himself to her has been set for trial in…

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J.P. Morgan Settles Copper Lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! Finance) J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. has settled a long-running antitrust lawsuit filed by copper companies who claimed the bank's predecessor conspired with a Japanese trading house to manipulate the copper market in the 1990s. [News Source]