Judge hears arguments over records in Yahoo lawsuit (USA Today) Lawyers on both sides of a shareholder lawsuit over Yahoo Inc.'s board's handling of Microsoft's $47.5 billion takeover offer are accusing one another of turning it into a public relations battle. [News Source]

Dickinson Theatres settles teen’s lawsuit (The Kansas City Star) Dickinson Theatres Inc. has settled a lawsuit brought by a Lee’s Summit teenager after she was allegedly assaulted in a women’s restroom at its EastGlen theater in Lee’s Summit. [News Source]

Lawsuit: Security Measures Puts Workers In Danger (CBS 11 Dallas/Fort Worth) One of the largest check-cashing companies in America is facing a lawsuit. Several former employees of ACE Cash Express, which is based in Irving, claim the company fired them for not following security procedures. They claim those procedures would have put their lives in grave danger. [News Source]

More letters fly in Yahoo lawsuit (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) WILMINGTON, Del. -- Lawyers on both sides of a shareholder lawsuit over the handling by Yahoo Inc.'s board of Microsoft's $47.5 billion takeover offer are accusing each other of turning it into a public relations battle. [News Source]

Democrats, LULAC argue in lawsuit (Houston Chronicle) The Texas Democratic Party says its presidential delegate-awarding system is not subject to the federal Voting Rights Act, which protects minority voters. Attorneys for the party made that argument in response to a lawsuit filed by the League of United Latin American Citizens and others who claim the Texas system discriminates against Hispanics. [News Source]

Microsoft loses patent lawsuit (The New Zealand Herald) WASHINGTON - Microsoft lost a lawsuit that had accused Alcatel-Lucent of violating patents used in business telephone networks, the US International Trade Commission said. [News Source]

Public Defender Pursues Lawsuit Against Stroger (CBS 2 Chicago) Todd Stroger said Tuesday that he will stop trying to fire the Cook County public defender. But Edwin Burnette says he is not dropping a lawsuit accusing Stroger of patronage hiring abuses. CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery reports. [News Source]

Pa. Supreme Court Chief Justice Fires Back Over Lawsuit (KYW News Radio 1060) The chief justice of the Pa. Supreme Court has issued what one political analyst calls an 'extraordinary' response to a federal lawsuit filed against his predecessor. [News Source]

Judge dismisses lawsuit against Maine police (Boston Globe) A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by an exotic dancer claiming a South Portland police officer used excessive force after she arrived at a hotel to do her act. [News Source]

Judge Reopens Student Gay Club Lawsuit (365Gay.com) (Okeechobee, Florida) A federal judge has reopened a lawsuit that seeks to allow the establishment of a Gay-Straight Alliance at Okeechobee High School. [News Source]