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Judge tosses part of Dan Rather’s CBS lawsuit (Los Angeles Times)
Thursday April 10th 2008, 9:41 pm

Four of the seven causes of action are dismissed in the former anchor's suit against CBS over the wake of a disputed '60 Minutes' story. A Manhattan judge tossed out a large part of Dan Rather's $70-million lawsuit Thursday against CBS, dismissing the suit's claims that the network and top executives committed fraud and hurt their former anchor's ability to seek new work. [News Source]

Most of Rather’s CBS lawsuit tossed (UPI)
Thursday April 10th 2008, 8:42 pm

A Supreme Court of the State of New York justice Thursday dismissed much of the breach-of-contract lawsuit Dan Rather filed against CBS and other defendants. [News Source]

Xerox Settles Bias Lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Thursday April 10th 2008, 6:32 pm

Xerox Corp. and representatives of current and former black sales representatives have settled a class action lawsuit accusing the officer equipment manufacturer of race discrimination. [News Source]

Judge allows parts of Rather’s $70M lawsuit (MSNBC)
Thursday April 10th 2008, 6:15 pm

A judge has allowed Dan Rather’s $70 million breach of contract lawsuit against CBS Corp. and Viacom Inc. to go forward but has dismissed the portions that named three of the company’s executives. [News Source]

Canadian court gives go-ahead to Guidant lawsuit (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Thursday April 10th 2008, 5:02 pm

A Canadian court has given the go-ahead to a class action lawsuit against Guidant Corp that alleges the U.S. company knew of defects in its line of defibrillators, lawyers said on Thursday. [News Source]

Lawsuit challenges Democratic party (AP via Yahoo! News)
Thursday April 10th 2008, 4:31 pm

A Democratic activist has revived a federal lawsuit against the Democratic National Committee challenging the party's decision to strip Florida of its delegates to the national convention. [News Source]

Woman’s lawsuit against Kid Rock will go to trial (Detroit News)
Thursday April 10th 2008, 2:41 pm

PONTIAC -- A lawsuit that alleges recording artist Kid Rock roughed up an invited late-night guest at his Clarkston-area studio more than a year ago appears headed for trial in Oakland Circuit Court. [News Source]

Setback For Dan Rather Lawsuit Against CBS (CBS News)
Thursday April 10th 2008, 1:34 pm

A Manattan judge has dismissed portions of a lawsuit Dan Rather has filed against CBS and Viacom. Viacom Inc. is CBS's former parent company. The judge struck down the parts of the suit that named thre executives. [News Source]

Snoop Dogg Settles Lawsuit, Seduces Fans Online (SOHH)
Thursday April 10th 2008, 1:27 pm

Snoop Dogg recently settled a lawsuit with his former record company, Priority Records. Visit SOHH.com for the complete story.

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Judge dismisses parts of Dan Rather’s $70 million lawsuit (USA Today)
Thursday April 10th 2008, 12:29 pm

A Manhattan judge has allowed Dan Rather's $70 million lawsuit against CBS Corp. and Viacom Inc. to go forward, but has dismissed the portions which named three of the companies' executives. [News Source]