Fast Ferry lawsuit (News 10 NBC Rochester) What's behind a lawsuit against Rochester and millions of dollars in fast ferry debt? News 10NBC did the work and got the lawsuit. It explains why local businessman John "Dutch" Summers believes the city should not have to pay back the millions of dollars it owes from the failed ferry deal... [News Source]

University of Dubuque Settles Lawsuit with Former Faculty Member (KCRG-TV9 Cedar Rapids)

DUBUQUE (AP) - The University of Dubuque has agreed to pay a former faculty member $50,000 to settle a wrongful termination lawsuit. Paul Jeffries sued in 2005.

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Retired surgeon wins $480,000 in lawsuit (The Indianapolis Star) A retired Indianapolis heart surgeon won a $480,853 damage award today in a lawsuit against his former medical practice. [News Source]

Sanofi-Aventis US faces class-action sex bias lawsuit (AFP via Yahoo! News) Sanofi-Aventis US, the American branch of the French pharmaceuticals group, is being charged in a class-action lawsuit for alleged sexual discrimination and harassment. [News Source]

Burroughs settles lawsuit with ‘Scissors’ family (USA Today) A family that claimed they were defamed in the best-selling book Running with Scissors has settled a lawsuit against the writer and his publisher. [News Source]

Attorneys seek to renew dismissed lawsuit over OU data breach (BizJournals) The Ohio Court of Claims has dismissed a lawsuit by two Ohio University graduates seeking an order for the school to pay for credit monitoring following a 2005 computer breach, but attorneys intend to re-file the complaint with new plaintiffs who have suffered identity theft. [News Source]

Banning beard and yarmulke brings lawsuit for Metro (Las Vegas Sun) A Metro Police officer, with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union, has filed a lawsuit alleging that his department violated his civil rights by forbidding him from growing a beard and covering his head, as required by his faith. [News Source]

EOU Employee Settles Lawsuit Over Alleged Rape (Fox 12 Oregon)

LA GRANDE, Ore. — A woman who claimed she was raped by an Eastern Oregon University administrator during a trip to an education seminar has settled a lawsuit for $150,000.

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Bobby Brown Lawsuit: Whitney Houston Won’t Let Me See Kid (Fox News) Bobby Brown claims in a lawsuit that Whitney Houston has kept him from seeing their teenage daughter. [News Source]

Immigrant Kids Detention Lawsuit Settled (ABC News) Judge Approves Settlement of Lawsuit on Immigrant Children Who Were Detained With Parents [News Source]