Lawsuit scam lands man in House of Correction (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) A deal that seemed too good to be true became a path to the county House of Correction Tuesday for Thomas C. Wilhelm, who confessed to promising a handful of Milwaukeeans shares of a fictitious $150 million payout on a lawsuit he never filed in... [News Source]

Guardian lawsuit hearing (San Francisco Bay Guardian) The judge in the Guardian 's predatory-pricing lawsuit urged attorneys for both sides to cooperate in the intensive discovery activity leading to a hearing Oct. 15 on the motion by SF Weekly 's parent company for a summary judgment. [News Source]

Music publishers join YouTube lawsuit (Lexington Herald-Leader) A group of music publishing companies said Monday it is joining a copyright infringement lawsuit against Google Inc.'s video-sharing site YouTube. The National Music Publishers' Association said it was joining the lawsuit out of concern that many songwriters weren't receiving proper compensation when their music appeared on YouTube videos. The lawsuit also includes as plaintiffs The Football ... [News Source]

Music publishers join YouTube lawsuit (The Kansas City Star) 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]

‘Instant Lawsuit’ Not As Good As The Real Thing (WebProNews) A lawsuit filed in the name of the Federal CAN-SPAM Act backfired on the plaintiff to the tune of $111,000. This is thought to be the first verdict to award legal fees to a defendant falsely accused of spamming. And thus, a deterrent for future actions of plaintiffs viewed as abusing the court system. James S. Gordon and Omni Innovations, his company, brought suit against Virtumundo, ... [News Source]

Council investigates lawsuit information leak (The Daily Comet) HOUMA – Parish attorneys have been asked to investigate the alleged leak of confidential information about a lawsuit over a planned truck-stop casino in Gray, officials said. [News Source]

Music Publishing Group Joins YouTube Copyright Lawsuit (GigaLaw.com)

A group of music publishing companies said it is joining a copyright infringement lawsuit against Google’s video-sharing site YouTube.

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Judge dismisses Anderson couple’s lawsuit fighting dress code (The Times of Northwest Indiana) INDIANAPOLIS - A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by a couple who said the Anderson school district's new dress code violated state guarantees of a free education and students' right to free expression. [News Source]

New Busta lawsuit (Dotmusic via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) Busta Rhymes' legal woes continue after he was named in another lawsuit from a man who claims to have been assaulted by the rap star. [News Source]

Court rejects J.K. Rowling’s lawsuit over photo of son (USA Today) A British court has rejected J.K. Rowling's lawsuit over the publication of a photo of her son that was taken on an Edinburgh street in November 2004. [News Source]