Judge lifts stay, lets Duke lacrosse players pursue lawsuit (USA Today) A judge is allowing three former Duke lacrosse players to pursue a civil lawsuit against former Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong. [News Source]

Clemens claims emotional distress in McNamee lawsuit (Houston Chronicle) Roger Clemens upped the ante of his defamation lawsuit against an ex-trainer by accusing him in court papers Tuesday of intentionally inflicting Clemens with emotional distress. The former Astros pitcher added to his civil lawsuit against Brian McNamee while also responding to a motion to dismiss the lawsuit entirely. [News Source]

Clemens claims emotional distress in McNamee lawsuit (Houston Chronicle) Roger Clemens upped the ante of his defamation lawsuit against an ex-trainer by accusing him in court papers Tuesday of intentionally inflicting Clemens with emotional distress. The former Astros pitcher added to his civil lawsuit against Brian McNamee while also responding to a motion to dismiss the lawsuit entirely. [News Source]

Rebels bikie boss wins ANZ lawsuit (ABC via Yahoo!7 Finance) Rebels bikie gang head Alex Vella has won a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the ANZ Bank. [News Source]

Judge: Duke lacrosse players can pursue lawsuit (USA Today) Three former Duke lacrosse players falsely accused of rape can pursue a civil lawsuit against the disgraced Durham County prosecutor who led the case against them, a judge ruled Tuesday. [News Source]

Lawsuit threatens artistic expression, says YouTube (Independent) A $1bn (£506m) copyright lawsuit against YouTube by one of the world's biggest media companies threatens online artistic and political expression, the website has claimed. [News Source]

Ex-lacrosse players can pursue lawsuit against Nifong (The News & Observer) A federal judge rules that former District Attorney Mike Nifong will not be able to hide from a lawsuit in bankruptcy court. [News Source]

Appeals court reinstates Michael Pardue lawsuit (NBC 15 Mobile) The federal appeals court in Atlanta has reinstated the civil rights lawsuit of Michael R. Pardue, who spent 27 years in an Alabama prison after being wrongly convicted of murder. [News Source]

With AllOfMP3 gone and MP3sparks reeling, RIAA drops lawsuit (Ars Technica) The RIAA has dropped its US federal lawsuit against the parent company of Russian music site AllOfMP3.com as both sides claim victory. But with credit card access to it and a related site cut off and recent Russian legal changes, the music industry seems to have done a pretty good job of sidelining the upstart. Read More... [News Source]

Google Says Viacom Lawsuit Against YouTube Threatens Freedom (Search Engine Journal) According to Google Inc., a $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit brought against YouTube by Viacom Inc. threatens to drastically alter the way hundreds of millions of people share all kinds of information on the Internet.  The claim was made in papers filed in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, as Google responded to Viacom’s latest [...] [News Source]