City, council can join lawsuit (The Morning Sun) A federal judge ruled Friday that the city of Mt. Pleasant and Isabella County will be permitted to be part of the federal lawsuit that seeks to define the land inside the traditional boundaries of the Isabella Reservation as Indian Country. [News Source]

Former Bible Teacher Files Lawsuit Again School Board (NBC 17 Raleigh) WAKE COUNTY, N.C.-Friday former Bible/Religion teacher, Robert Escamilla, filed a lawsuit against the Wake County School Board. [News Source]

Lawsuit Filed Against Aqua-Dots After Recall (KATV Little Rock) Jacksonville - A Jacksonville couple whose child became ill from the now re-called Aqua-Dots has filed a lawsuit against the distributor. The parents of 20-month-old, Jack Esses was told the distributor would not refund their money and they were offered a replacement instead. [News Source]

Lawsuit Could Give Biloxi More Land In City Limits (WLOX-TV Biloxi) The city of Biloxi says it has no plans of fighting what it calls a friendly lawsuit, that would add 1500 acres of land to its city limits. James Frisby has filed a suit asking for inclusion of land he plans on turning into a development with homes and commercial business. [News Source]

Splenda at center of $1 billion lawsuit (EARTHtimes.org) Splenda's slogan tying the substitute sweetener to sugar is at the heart of a $1 billion lawsuit brought in Los Angeles by the sugar industry. In their federal lawsuit, Sugar Association officials take issue with two subsidiaries of Johnson & Johnson ... [News Source]

Splenda at center of $1 billion lawsuit (UPI) Splenda's slogan tying the substitute sweetener to sugar is at the heart of a $1 billion lawsuit brought in Los Angeles by the sugar industry. [News Source]

Lawsuit filed against UNC dental school heads to court (The Herald-Sun) An age discrimination lawsuit filed by two fired dental technicians against UNC's School of Dentistry is going to court after mediation attempts failed to produce a resolution. [News Source]

State settles lawsuit over fatal shooting at Elephant Butte (KFDA-TV Amarillo) Associated Press - November 17, 2007 1:35 PM ET SANTA FE (AP) - A wrongful death lawsuit filed by the brother of a man who was fatally shot by a New Mexico State Parks ranger has been... [News Source]

US: Yahoo! settles in Chinese journalists’ lawsuit (AsiaMedia) Yahoo! Inc. settled a lawsuit filed by jailed Chinese journalist Shi Tao and cyber dissident Wang Xiaoning on Tuesday amid growing criticism from the U.S. Congress. [News Source]

‘State secrets’ thwart lawsuit over wiretaps (San Jose Mercury News) A federal appeals court dealt a near-fatal blow Friday to an Islamic charity's lawsuit over alleged illegal wiretapping by federal investigators, ruling the case can't go forward because a key piece of evidence is protected as a state secret. [News Source]