Clear Channel judge denies banks’ request to end lawsuit (San Antonio Express-News/KENS 5) A New York judge rejected a request by Citigroup Inc. and five other banks to throw out a lawsuit by San Antonio-based Clear Channel Communications Inc.'s buyers that accuses the lenders of refusing to fund the $19.5 billion acquisition. [News Source]

8:53 p.m.: Lawsuit settled in alleged shooting (The Herald Bulletin) ANDERSON — A civil lawsuit brought by two Delaware county teens against an Alexandria man after he allegedly opened fire with a shotgun at their vehicle has been settled for an undisclosed sum. [News Source]

Rather details injuries in lawsuit against CBS (MSNBC) Dan Rather has filed an amended lawsuit against CBS that says other TV networks refused to hire him because of the damage executives at his former company did to his reputation. [News Source]

Dan Rather files amended lawsuit against CBS over his firing (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Dan Rather has filed an amended lawsuit against CBS that says other TV networks refused to hire him because of the damage executives at his former company did to his reputation after a disputed 2004 report on President Bush. [News Source]

TorrentSpy Dinged $111 Million in MPAA Lawsuit (Wired News) A federal judge is levying one of the biggest fines in copyright history, ordering torrent-tracking service TorrentSpy to pay an $111 million penalty. The site shuttered in March and was accused of facilitating copyright infringement in a lawsuit brought by the Motion Picture Association of America. [News Source]

Guantanamo inmate files lawsuit seeking papers from UK (AP via Yahoo! News) Lawyers for a Guantanamo Bay detainee said Wednesday they have filed a lawsuit seeking to force the British government to hand over documents that they claim prove the prisoner was tortured before being sent to the U.S. prison in Cuba. [News Source]

Internet Archive, FBI Settle Lawsuit Challenging National Security Letter (KTVU 2 San Francisco) SAN FRANCISCO -- Civil liberties groups and the founder of a San Francisco-based Internet library Wednesday announced the settlement of a lawsuit filed against the FBI over a secret order known as a national security letter. [News Source]

Idaho student says teacher tossed his Mexican flag in trash; he’s considering lawsuit (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) TWIN FALLS, Idaho - A high school student says he may file a lawsuit against a physical education teacher who took a Mexican flag he had brought for Cinco de Mayo and put it in the garbage. [News Source]

Spartanburg County settles lawsuit brought by family (Spartanburg Herald-Journal) Spartanburg County has settled a federal lawsuit brought by the family of a man shot and killed by a sheriff s deputy in 2004. Mark Tallent was fatally shot May 1, 2004, after officers responded to a noise complaint at his mobile home in Arcadia. [News Source]

Lawsuit Filed To Stop 10% Medicaid Provider Payment Rate Reduction In California (Medical News Today) A number of groups that represent hospitals, physicians, dentists and other health care providers in California on Monday filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court to prevent a scheduled 10% reduction in reimbursements under Medi-Cal, the state Medicaid program, the Wall Street Journal reports. The state Legislature in February approved the $1. [News Source]