Trucking firms, including YRC, face lawsuit over fuel surcharges (The Kansas City Star) Several big trucking companies, including YRC Worldwide Inc., are facing a federal lawsuit alleging that they colluded to fix shipping rates through fuel surcharges since 2003. [News Source]

Investors, company reach settlement in fraud lawsuit (Contra Costa Times) MARTINEZ -- The victims of a Ponzi scheme today settled the remainder of their lawsuit against the company that hired the man who conned them. SunAmerica Securities and seven investors who gave money to 48-year-old Edwin Torres, the company's former branch manager in Moraga, agreed on the [News Source]

GE accused in lawsuit of racial bias in employment (Boston Globe) An employee of General Electric Co. has filed a federal discrimination lawsuit claiming racial bias in pay, training, promotion and other employment issues. [News Source]

Hillsdale joining jet noise lawsuit (The Record) HILLSDALE -- The Borough Council has authorized spending $5,000 to join a group of Pascack Valley towns that plan to file a lawsuit against the FAA's proposed flight path plan. [News Source]

50 Cent, Jay-Z & Oprah Among Celebs Subpoenaed in $900 Mil Lawsuit Against Canada (SOHH)

50 Cent, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg and Oprah Winfrey are reportedly among over three dozen celebrities who have been subpoenaed to testify in a Detroit producer’s $900 million federal lawsuit accusing… Visit SOHH.com for the complete story.

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Illinois Supreme Court puts to rest lawsuit over light cigarettes (CP via Yahoo! Canada News) CHICAGO (AP) - The Illinois Supreme Court has ordered a lower-court judge to stop asking for permission to reopen a failed lawsuit against Philip Morris USA over the company's light cigarettes, effectively putting an end to the high-profile litigation. [News Source]

Judge Throws Out Woman’s ‘Law & Order’ Lawsuit (CBS 2 Los Angeles)

A judge threw out a woman’s lawsuit alleging a script she submitted to a writing contest was used without her permission in an episode of “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” an NBC Universal lawyer said Thursday.

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Judge OKs lawsuit against Naomi Campbell (UPI) A lawsuit against supermodel Naomi Campbell will proceed, as a New York judge ruled Campbell's fiery past potentially can be used against her. [News Source]

Supermodel Naomi Campbell’s past clashes can be raised in lawsuit (Orange County Register)

‘Alleged acts might be relevant,’ judge rules. Naomi Campbell’s string of tussles with aides and maids can be raised in a lawsuit against her.

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Campbell’s past can be raised in lawsuit (USA Today) Naomi Campbell's string of tussles with aides and maids can be raised in a lawsuit against her. The British catwalker tried to block former maid Gaby Gibson from bringing up Campbell's history of dust-ups with people who work for her, saying it was "scandalous and prejudicial. [News Source]