Lawsuit accuses insurers of defrauding government over Katrina flood damage (NBC 15 Mobile) U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert Walker in Gulfport, Mississippi ordered a 2006 Hurricane Katrina lawsuit involving insurance companies unsealed Monday and said the Department of Justice is considering whether to intervene... [News Source]

More join YouTube lawsuit (Australian IT) THE English Premier League says eight more parties have joined its lawsuit charging YouTube with encouraging copyright infringement. [News Source]

2 Photogs Settle Lawsuit Against Actresses (CBS 2 Los Angeles) Two photographers tentatively settled a lawsuit they filed against Denise Richards and Pamela Anderson, which alleged the actresses made false statements about them to Canadian police and the media about a confrontation in Vancouver, court papers obtained Monday show. [News Source]

Music publishers join YouTube lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! News) A group of music publishing companies said Monday it is joining a copyright infringement lawsuit against Google Inc.'s video-sharing site YouTube. [News Source]

Judge Hears Arguments in Coke Lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Lawyers for the Coca-Cola Co. asked a Chancery Court judge Monday to dismiss or stay a shareholder lawsuit alleging that Coke controlled the operations of its largest bottler, Coca-Cola Enterprises, to the detriment of the bottler's shareholders. [News Source]

Neb. Water Lawsuit Dismissed (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Another lawsuit aimed at stopping the state and Nebraska Public Power District from keeping water from irrigators along the Niobrara River is gone, increasing chances that less of the scenic river will be used to water crops. [News Source]

Court date set for $2 million lawsuit between former Beach Boys (Los Angeles Daily News) >>> NEW 2:17 p.m. A Feb. 11 date was set today for a non-jury trial in Beach Boys frontman Mike Love's $2 million lawsuit against former bandmate Al Jardine, and the judge said he does not want to see any further delays. [News Source]

Judge Unseals Katrina Damage Lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

The U.S. Department of Justice is weighing whether to intervene in a lawsuit that accuses insurance companies of overbilling the federal government for flood damage from Hurricane Katrina, a judge who unsealed the case on Monday said.

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Iowa Settles TouchPlay Lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! Finance) The state agreed Monday to pay a West Des Moines company $1.7 million to settle a lawsuit over the Legislature's decision to end TouchPlay gambling, a game resembling slot machines that rapidly expanded across the state. [News Source]

More parties join Google copyright lawsuit (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)

The Premier League and music publisher Bourne & Co said on Monday that eight more parties have joined their lawsuit charging Google and its YouTube online service with deliberately encouraging copyright infringement.

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