Michigan Judge Dismisses Fired Wal-Mart Exec’s Lawsuit (The Morning News)

A state judge in Michigan has sided with Wal-Mart and dismissed a lawsuit by former marketing executive Julie Roehm over her firing, saying the case should be filed in Arkansas.

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A ‘charity’ it wasn’t, lawsuit says about business (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) A Fridley "charity" that claimed to benefit veterans, the elderly and the needy was a front for a for-profit auto repair and sales business, the state attorney general's office alleged in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Hennepin County District Court. The lawsuit charges ABC Humanitarian Trust and its director with violations of laws governing charities, including solicitation fraud, false ... [News Source]

Fired Wal-Mart Exec’s Lawsuit Dismissed (AP via Yahoo! Finance) A state judge in Michigan has sided with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and dismissed a lawsuit by former marketing executive Julie Roehm over her firing, saying the case should be filed in Arkansas. [News Source]

Paris Hilton defamation lawsuit settled (AP via Yahoo! News) Paris Hilton can scratch her next court date from her calendar. A settlement in a $10 million defamation lawsuit was reached Wednesday between the hotel heiress-reality TV star and diamond heiress-actress Zeta Graff. [News Source]

Paris Hilton settles 10 mln dlr defamation lawsuit (AFP via Yahoo! News) Paris Hilton has settled a multi-million dollar lawsuit filed by a rival socialite who accused the heiress of planting defamatory stories about her in a gossip column, lawyers said Wednesday. [News Source]

Oprah, Paris Hilton subpoenaed in lawsuit over Canadian border crossing (Detroit News) A Detroit record producer has subpoenaed Paris Hilton, Oprah, Mick Jagger and more than three dozen other celebrities to appear in Detroit on Sept. 22 to testify in his $900 million federal lawsuit alleging racial discrimination by Canadian border officials. [News Source]

Fired Wal-Mart Exec’s Lawsuit Dismissed (AP via Yahoo! Finance) A state judge in Michigan has sided with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and dismissed a lawsuit by former marketing executive Julie Roehm over her firing, saying the case should be filed in Arkansas. [News Source]

Allagash lawsuit fails to pass muster with federal magistrate (Boston Globe)

A federal magistrate has moved to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a state law that calls for maintaining 11 motor vehicle access points along the Allagash Wilderness Waterway.

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Lawsuit against Michael Jackson and California hospital is halted by judge (Asbury Park Press) A lawsuit filed by the family of a woman who died at a hospital soon after she was moved to make room for Michael Jackson cannot continue as filed, a judge has ruled. The family of Manuela Gomez Ruiz had sued Jackson and Marian Medical Center in Santa Maria, Calif.,claiming she was kept from critical care after she had a heart attack on the same day Jackson was brought in with flu-like symptoms ... [News Source]

Injured extras threaten lawsuit against producers of Cruise film (CBC) Tom Cruise's beleaguered Nazi-era drama Valkyrie could face yet another setback as extras injured during filming last weekend consider a lawsuit. [News Source]