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Ernst & Young proposes lawsuit settlement (The Kansas City Star)
Thursday May 22nd 2008, 11:26 pm

Ernst & Young has settled its part of a class-action shareholder lawsuit involving American Italian Pasta Co. that would pay $3.5 million before expenses to affected stockholders. [News Source]

Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro Files Class Action Lawsuit Against NCAA and Ticketmaster (Centre Daily Times)
Thursday May 22nd 2008, 9:56 pm

Ticketmaster (NASDAQ:IACI) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) were hit with a class-action lawsuit today by Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, claiming the two organizations violated racketeering laws by forcing ticket purchasers to pay a non-refundable fee to enter what the lawsuit claims is an illegal lottery for the right to purchase tickets to high-profile sporting events ... [News Source]

WA Corrections Dept settles class-action lawsuit (Seattle Times)
Thursday May 22nd 2008, 9:15 pm

The state Corrections Department says it's reached a preliminary settlement in a lawsuit claiming disabled offenders didn't have equal access to work-release sites. [News Source]

Retrial begins in lawsuit against DuPont (The Clarion-Ledger)
Thursday May 22nd 2008, 9:04 pm

A Jones County jury has been seated in the new trial of a lawsuit brought against DuPont by a Bay St. Louis man who says dioxins from the DeLisle plant caused his rare blood cancer. [News Source]

Girard Gibbs LLP Announces Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC) (Finanzen.net)
Thursday May 22nd 2008, 7:32 pm

The law firm of Girard Gibbs LLP (http://www.girardgibbs.com) announces that it is has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of persons who purchased Auction Rate Securities from Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC), Banc of America ... [News Source]

RIAA responds to Andersen lawsuit: We did nothing wrong (Ars Technica)
Thursday May 22nd 2008, 7:10 pm

The RIAA and MediaSentry have filed their responses to exonerated P2P defendant Tanya Andersen's malicious prosecution lawsuit. Andersen is now likely to begin get her quest to shine a light into the RIAA's "zone of secrecy." Read More... [News Source]

BP faces $400m lawsuit over Russian venture (Financial Times)
Thursday May 22nd 2008, 6:50 pm

BP could have to pay back $400m (£202m) to its Russia venture, TNK-BP, after a minority shareholder filed a lawsuit to declare an employment contract between the two companies invalid, as pressure mounts on the UK’s biggest Russian investment. [News Source]

DJ Star’s Lawsuit Against Queens Councilman Sunk (WNBC)
Thursday May 22nd 2008, 6:28 pm

A federal appeals court has affirmed a lower court's decision to dismiss a hip-hop DJ's defamation lawsuit against Queens Councilman John Liu. [News Source]

Berezovsky to press on with lawsuit (Perth Now)
Thursday May 22nd 2008, 5:47 pm

FORMER Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky has vowed to press on with a lawsuit against billionaire rival Roman Abramovich despite suffering a setback in a British court. [News Source]

Berezovsky to press on with lawsuit (Daily Telegraph)
Thursday May 22nd 2008, 5:47 pm

FORMER Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky has vowed to press on with a lawsuit against billionaire rival Roman Abramovich despite suffering a setback in a British court. [News Source]