Borrowed Money Lawsuit (WLBT 3 Jackson) The Attorney General files suit against the Jeff Davis school system over improperly borrowed funds. Attorney General Jim Hood filed the lawsuit against superintendent Wayne Fortenberry and five school board members. [News Source]

Barbour asks judge to dismiss lawsuit brought by attorney general (WMCTV Memphis) Associated Press - August 4, 2007 8:34 PM ET JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Governor Haley Barbour has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses him of overstepping his authority. [News Source]

Thaksin’s wife files $1.6b lawsuit (Gulf News) Bangkok: The wife of Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra filed a 50 billion baht ($1.6 billion, Dh6.1 billion) lawsuit on Friday against a government anti-graft body that froze her family's assets. [News Source]

Barbour wants Hood’s lawsuit dismissed over partial veto (The Clarion-Ledger) Gov. Haley Barbour wants a judge to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses him of overstepping his authority by nixing $5.5 million in grants for youth groups. [News Source]

Court upholds dismissal of lawsuit against track coach (The Daily Comet) MONTGOMERY, Ala. The Alabama Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that dismissed a lawsuit filed against a junior high school track coach by the mother of a student who was injured at a track meet. [News Source]

Former chief of staff sues fire district; Lawsuit claims firing was retaliatory. (Columbia Daily Tribune) A second former employee of the Boone County Fire Protection District has filed a federal lawsuit against the fire district, claiming he was fired as retaliation after making complaints about former Assistant Chief Sharon Curry. [News Source]

Lawsuit: NW Ga. man copied, distributed 3 movies illegally (Rome News-Tribune) The Motion Picture Association of America has filed a lawsuit in Rome alleging an area resident made unauthorized copies of movies and distributed them over the Internet.In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Rome, the MPAA is accusing James Wilmon, of an unlisted address, of copyright infringement and demands compensation for the alleged violation. Click here to view the MPAA copyright ... [News Source]

Judge tosses Tenet lawsuit (The Palm Beach Post) A federal judge in Miami lashed out at Tenet Healthcare Corp. for "unmitigated corporate greed," but still tossed out a racketeering lawsuit against the hospital chain over inflating Medicare claims. [News Source]

Check-cashing company to settle lawsuit for $20,000 (The Post and Courier) A check-cashing company doing business in South Carolina will pay $20,000 to settle a lawsuit that claimed the company discriminated against a pregnant employee in Charleston. [News Source]

West Richland group files lawsuit to stop annexation (Tri-City Herald) A group of 35 West Richland residents filed a lawsuit Friday in Benton County claiming the process used to annex them into the Columbia Irrigation District was faulty and unconstitutional. [News Source]