Dry Cleaner Calls $54 Million Lawsuit Over Pants a ?Nightmare? (New York Times) A pair of charcoal-colored pants at the center of a $54 million lawsuit was unfurled in a courtroom on Wednesday. [News Source]

Verizon hit with lawsuit over allegedly excessive late fees (KGET 17 Bakersfield)

Verizon Wireless is facing a lawsuit alleging that its late-charge fees are excessive and violate a California law forbidding companies from collecting more than it costs them to process the…

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CIBC unpaid OT lawsuit attracts thousands, including other bank workers (Canadian Business) Tobi Cohen June 13, 2007 - 10:02 p.m. TORONTO (CP) - It's been little more than a week since CIBC bank teller Dara Fresco launched a class-action lawsuit against her employer for allegedly failing to pay overtime, but thousands of colleagues across Canada have already extended their support. [News Source]

Lawsuit over Silverwood coaster likely headed to trial (KREM Spokane) COEUR D'ALENE -- A lawsuit involving an incident on the Tremors roller coaster at Silverwood theme park in North Idaho is expected to go to trial next year. [News Source]

Sprint to buy out phone company to end lawsuit (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) Sprint Nextel Corp., the third-largest mobile-phone company in the United States, agreed to buy reseller Northern PCS Services for $307.2 million to end a lawsuit. Northern PCS, based in Waite Park, Minn., near St. Cloud, sells wireless service under the Sprint brand to 236,000 customers in parts of Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin and Iowa, Sprint said. Northern PCS has about 240 employees and ... [News Source]

Jacksonville Woman Awarded 300k In Lawsuit Against Former Policeman (KLTV 7 Tyler)

A jury awards a Jacksonville woman thousands of dollars for the actions of a former Jacksonville police officer. Larry Pugh pleaded guilty last year to sexually assaulting two women while on duty. He also admitted to retaliating against a witness. One of those women filed a civil lawsuit against him, and after only 40 minutes of deliberating yesterday, a jury awarded her 300 thousand dollars.

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Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against LRSD (KTHV Little Rock) A group of parents and taxpayers have filed a class action lawsuit against the Little Rock School District. The lawsuit filed by Gill and Associates seeks to stop the district from paying a half a million dollars severance to Superintendent Dr. Roy Brooks. [News Source]

CIBC unpaid OT lawsuit attracts thousands, including other bank workers (Canadian Business) Tobi Cohen June 13, 2007 - 6:44 p.m. TORONTO (CP) - It's been little more than a week since CIBC bank teller Dara Fresco launched a class-action lawsuit against her employer for allegedly failing to pay overtime, but thousands of colleagues across Canada have already extended their support. [News Source]

ENVIRONMENT: Schwarzenegger threatens lawsuit to allow California’s emissions standards (McClatchy Washington Bureau) Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Wednesday that a lawsuit to force the federal government to permit California to move forward with its tough vehicle emissions is now "inevitable." [News Source]

‘Girls Gone Wild’ video prompts lawsuit (UPI) A lawsuit filed in Panama City, Fla., has accused "Girls Gone Wild" producers of releasing a videotaped sex scene without the permission of those involved. [News Source]