Abbott Labs agrees to settle lawsuit over antiretroviral Norvir pricing (News-Medical-Net) Abbott Laboratories on Wednesday agreed to pay between $10 million and $27.5 million to settle an antitrust lawsuit filed by HIV/AIDS advocates and other drug companies over an increase in the price of the company's antiretroviral drug Norvir, the AP/International Herald Tribune reports (AP/International Herald Tribune, 7/31). [News Source]

Red Dog Mine operator asks judge to enforce settlement of lawsuit over pollutants (KTUU Anchorage) Associated Press - August 3, 2008 10:24 PM ET ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The operator of the Red Dog Mine wants a federal judge to enforce a settlement of a multimillion-dollar lawsuit. [News Source]

Judge Rejects El Paso Stormwater Lawsuit (Environment News Service) , August 3, 2008 (ENS) - An El Paso judge has dismissed a citizen's lawsuit that challenged the legality of the having the water utility's Public Service Board operate El Paso's new stormwater utility. [News Source]

Sharon Stone faces US$1 billion lawsuit (The Star) Sharon Stone could be hit with a US$1 billion lawsuit from the victims of China’s recent earthquake after she blamed the disaster on “karma”. [News Source]

Red Dog Mine operators ask judge to enforce lawsuit settlement (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner) ANCHORAGE -- The operator of the Red Dog Mine has asked a federal judge to enforce a settlement of a multimillion-dollar lawsuit accusing the mine of discharging excess pollutants into a creek. [News Source]

Costco shareholder files stock option lawsuit (Lexington Herald-Leader) A Costco shareholder has filed a lawsuit against the wholesale club company, claiming its insiders were involved in a scheme to illegally backdate stock options. The suit claims some current and past Costco insiders and executives manipulated information allowing them to be "unjustly enriched at the expense of and detriment of Costco" for several years. Shareholder Sandra Donnelly filed ... [News Source]

Costco shareholder files stock option lawsuit (The Kansas City Star) A Costco shareholder has filed a lawsuit against the wholesale club company, claiming its insiders were involved in a scheme to illegally backdate stock options. [News Source]

Lawsuit claims Frisco bank employees’ actions were racially motivated (The Frisco Enterprise) Four people filed a lawsuit today in Dallas County against Wells Fargo Bank over an incident at a Frisco branch that resulted in their detainment in September 2007 after bank employees called police because they thought they looked suspicious and possibly had a gun. [News Source]

Express Scripts, CIGNA settle N.Y. drug lawsuit (Business Insurance) NEW YORK - Express Scripts Inc. and CIGNA Corp. have settled a lawsuit brought by New York state that accused the pharmacy benefit manager of inflating prescription drug costs for the state's largest employee health plan. [News Source]

County to fight lawsuit: Eight current and former workers claim discrimination (The Adobe Press) If a group of eight current and former employees of the San Luis Obispo County Probation Department sue the county over alleged discrimination and harassment, the county will fight the lawsuit. [News Source]