Lilly agrees to settle discrimination lawsuit (San Francisco Chronicle) Drug maker Eli Lilly and Co. will pay $64,400 to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of withholding severance pay to force a longtime employee to withdraw a discrimination charge. The company also must spell out in future severance agreements that employees... [News Source]

Lilly agrees to settle discrimination lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! News) Drug maker Eli Lilly and Co. will pay $64,400 to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of withholding severance pay to force a longtime employee to withdraw a discrimination charge. [News Source]

Judge rejects lawsuit from Ritz developer (The Arizona Republic) A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has rejected a lawsuit brought by the developer of the Ritz-Carlton, Paradise Valley Resort to block a public vote on the project. [News Source]

Birmingham mayor asks judge to toss SEC lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Mayor Larry Langford joined with an investment banker and a political friend Monday in asking a court to throw out a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit accusing them of a sweetheart scheme involving bond deals. [News Source]

Auditor eyes 2006 Minn. lawsuit settlement terms (AP via Yahoo! Finance) A 2006 lawsuit settlement between former Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch and a credit card company has gotten new scrutiny because of its creative terms. [News Source]

Mo. lawsuit asks court to clarify stem cell limits (AP via Yahoo! Finance) The Missouri governor's former chief of staff filed a lawsuit Monday on behalf of embryonic stem cell research critics that seeks to delay spending from a state life-sciences research fund. [News Source]

Ohio woman files E. coli lawsuit against Kroger (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Ground beef purchased at a suburban Kroger Co. grocery store sickened a woman with E. coli, according to a lawsuit filed Monday against the nation's largest traditional grocery chain. [News Source]

U.S. Court Upholds Dismissal of Rendition Lawsuit (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) June 30 (Bloomberg) -- A federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit by a Canadian man who sued the U.S. after he was stopped in a New York airport and forcibly transported to Syria where he was tortured over alleged ties to al-Qaeda. [News Source]

Lilly agrees to settle discrimination lawsuit (FOX 19 Cincinnati) INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indianapolis-based drug maker Eli Lilly will pay $64,400 to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of withholding severance pay to force a longtime employee to withdraw a discrimination charge. [News Source]

Edison settles lawsuit with school rape victim (The Philadelphia Inquirer) Days after claiming it was not responsible for the safety of its pupils, Edison Schools Inc. has settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a boy raped in one of its Philadelphia schools. [News Source]