N.Y. man files $7M lawsuit against Crocs (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) A New York man has filed a $7 million lawsuit against Crocs, claiming his 3-year-old daughter was "severely and permanently injured" when one of her Crocs shoes became stuck in an escalator. [News Source]

Appeals Court Revives Fast-Food Lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! Finance) A federal appeals court reinstated the lawsuit Friday of a legally blind woman who says she was mocked and mistreated by workers at fast-food restaurants, including employees at one who directed her to a men's restroom, then laughed at her humiliation. [News Source]

Ex-sales manager files ‘whistleblower’ lawsuit vs. W.W. Grainger (Chicago Tribune) Alleges firm routinely sold the government overpriced items A former W.W. Grainger Inc. sales manager has filed a lawsuit against the Lake Forest company, alleging the industrial-supply distributor repeatedly over-billed the U.S. government on its supply contracts. [News Source]

Alliance Data dismisses Blackstone lawsuit (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)

Alliance Data Systems Corp. has dropped its lawsuit against Blackstone Group LP.

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Alliance Data Withdraws Deal Lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Alliance Data Systems Corp. said Friday it has withdrawn a lawsuit against affiliates of The Blackstone Group over the collapse of Blackstone's $6.4 billion acquisition of the credit card services provider. [News Source]

Solutia Lawsuit Set for Feb. 21 Trial (AP via Yahoo! Finance) A federal judge has granted Solutia Inc.'s request for a prompt trial of its fraud and breach-of-contract lawsuit against three Wall Street banks that backed out of a $2 billion deal to finance the company's exit from bankruptcy. [News Source]

Fifth Third, First Horizon deal collapse sparks lawsuit (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) Fifth Third Bancorp's acquisition of nine Atlanta branches and substantially all the Atlanta-area assets of First Horizon National Corp. has collapsed at the 11th hour - and Fifth Third wasted no time in filing a lawsuit. [News Source]

Trustees’ lawsuit further tangles James Brown’s estate (International Herald Tribune) A lawsuit filed South Carolina by two court-appointed trustees of James Brown's estate accuses his longtime business managers, including a retired judge, of looting millions of dollars from Brown. [News Source]

Trustees’ lawsuit further tangles James Brown’s estate (International Herald Tribune) A lawsuit filed South Carolina by two court-appointed trustees of James Brown's estate accuses his longtime business managers, including a retired judge, of looting millions of dollars from Brown. [News Source]

Lawsuit: Parks exclude disabled people (KABC-TV Los Angeles) The National Park Service is facing a lawsuit for failing to provide access to people with disabilities. [News Source]