Visa to pay AmEx up to $2.25B to settle credit card lawsuit (USA Today) Visa will pay American Express up to $2.25 billion to settle a lawsuit alleging Visa illegally stifled competition to protect its position as the largest U.S. credit card network. [News Source]

Lawsuit claims priest sexually abused Navajo man in 1980s (KVOA Tucson) Associated Press - November 7, 2007 9:24 PM ET ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A Navajo man who claims he was sexually abused by a Catholic priest more than two decades ago has filed a lawsuit against... [News Source]

Dallas judge faces 2nd campaign finance lawsuit (Dallas Morning News) A Dallas civil court judge who has vowed to challenge campaign finance laws in Texas was served this week with a second lawsuit from the attorney general's office for failing to file required fundraising reports. [News Source]

SFLC, BusyBox, Monsoon dismiss GPL lawsuit (Linux Devices) — Oct. 31, 2007 — On Oct. 30, the Software Freedom Law Center, acting on behalf of the two principal BusyBox developers, and Monsoon Multimedia jointly announced that an agreement has been reached to dismiss the GPL enforcement lawsuit, which had been filed by the SFLC. ... [News Source]

Nichols judge won’t respond to lawsuit against him (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) The judge overseeing the death penalty trial of courthouse rampage suspect Brian Nichols has opted not to respond to a lawsuit Fulton County prosecutors filed against him before the Georgia Supreme Court to try to force him off the case. Instead, Superior Court Judge Hilton Fuller sent the high court a one-paragraph letter Wednesday saying he believes case law gives him an ethical "obligation to ... [News Source]

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ A lawyer arrested at a political rally where President Bush spoke last year filed a lawsuit, … (WIBW-TV Topeka) Attorney Dennis Hawver, of Ozawkie, filed the lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Topeka, in which he alleged his arrest Nov. 5, 2006, at the Expo Center rally was a "politically motivated violation of my civil and constitutional rights...'' [News Source]

Lawsuit seeks environmental cleanup bonds for mining (The Salt Lake Tribune) Posted: 10:55 AM- An environmental group will file a lawsuit asking the federal government to force hard-rock mining companies to bond for environmental cleanup costs before being allowed to work on public land. [News Source]

Grenville Christian College faces $1B lawsuit over alleged abuse (CBC Toronto) Former students of a private residential college that recently closed in eastern Ontario have launched a $1-billion lawsuit against the school, alleging that they were abused. [News Source]

Guantanamo teasing leads to racism lawsuit (UPI) A Muslim man who was teased by London co-workers about having the same name as a terror suspect at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has filed a racism lawsuit. [News Source]

Answer to Riverside millage vote lawsuit claims case lacks merit (Jonesboro Sun) JONESBORO — A recent court filing answering a lawsuit filed by a Caraway couple against members of the Riverside School Board and the Craighead County Election Commission and challenging the results of a millage tax vote, confirmed some aspects of the couple’s suit, the paperwork revealed Tuesday. [News Source]