Local business: Aquila negotiating to resolve lawsuit over proposed buyout (The Kansas City Star) Aquila buyout lawsuit [News Source]

9 people file lawsuit against tuberculosis-infected man who made international flight (Seattle Times) Nine people filed a $1.3 million lawsuit Thursday against the globe-trotting tuberculosis patient for possibly exposing them to the disease... [News Source]

H&R Block loses bid for dismissal of IRA lawsuit (Reuters via Yahoo! News) H&R Block Inc. has failed to win the dismissal of a lawsuit by former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer accusing it of fraudulently marketing Express IRA retirement accounts that caused hundreds of thousands of mostly lower-income clients to lose money. [News Source]

9 people file lawsuit against TB flyer (AP via Yahoo! News) Nine people filed a $1.3 million lawsuit Thursday against the globe-trotting tuberculosis patient for possibly exposing them to the disease on a commercial flight from Prague to Montreal. [News Source]

Walgreen Settles Discrimination Lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Walgreen Co. will pay $20 million to settle a federal lawsuit alleging widespread racial bias at the nation's largest drugstore chain under the terms of a proposed deal announced Thursday. [News Source]

Lawsuit Filed Against FiberNet (AP via Yahoo! Finance) A lawsuit was filed against FiberNet on Thursday, the same day the telecommunications company completed restoration of service to customers knocked out by an equipment failure. [News Source]

H&R Block says judge dismisses much of IRA lawsuit (Reuters via Yahoo! News) H&R Block Inc , the largest U.S. tax preparer, said on Thursday a New York state judge dismissed much of a lawsuit accusing it of charging excessive fees on individual retirement accounts. [News Source]

Wis. Court Won’t Reopen Harley Lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

The Wisconsin Supreme Court refused on Thursday to reopen a class-action lawsuit that accuses Harley-Davidson Inc. of failing to disclose a defect in two engine types sold in 1999 and 2000.

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PepsiCo Settles Benzene Lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Soft drink manufacturers, including PepsiCo Inc., have settled a lawsuit alleging the companies were selling drinks made with ingredients that can form cancer-causing benzene. [News Source]

Lawsuit alleges priest sex abuse in Del. (The Charlotte Observer)

A man filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging he was molested as a teen by a Catholic priest, becoming the first person to sue under a new law allowing child sexual abuse victims to seek damages for misdeeds that occurred years ago. Robert Quill, 52, a Wilmington native who lives in Marathon, Fla., filed a federal lawsuit alleging that as a teenager, he was molested at least 300 times by the Rev. …

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