Davie condo manager kept out black applicants, according to lawsuit (Sun-Sentinel) A manager at a Davie apartment complex turned away African-American applicants, then tried to use the lack of black tenants to appeal to whites, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by the U.S. Justice Department. [News Source]

Sumner Sheriff’s Department lawsuit settled (The Tennessean) A federal lawsuit Lois Braswell, a former Sheriff's Department employee, filed against the department, Sheriff Bob Barker and former Sheriff J.D. Vandercook, alleging wrongful termination and civil rights violations, has been settled. [News Source]

Local swim club facing lawsuit after alledged sexual assault (WHAS TV11 Louisville) (WHAS11) - A lawsuit's been filed against a local swim club and a past vice president of the club. That lawsuit claims that John Rousseau of the Upper Highlands Swim Club, was intoxicated and sexually assaulted, battered and attempted to rape a former lifeguard at a party last year. [News Source]

National Enquirer Settles Kennedy Lawsuit (WBZ Boston) The National Enquirer has agreed to settle a lawsuit with a Massachusetts woman accusing the tabloid of fabricating stories that said she gave birth to a son fathered by Senator Edward Kennedy. [News Source]

Bid to Seal Records in $2.5 Billion Lawsuit Rejected (Law.com) A New York judge has ordered that court records in connection with a $2.5 billion lawsuit over the financing of a Hispanic TV network should be made public. Noting that he did not have the authority to apply the more liberal sealing standard used by the federal courts, Supreme Court Justice Herman Cahn rejected a lender's bid to keep sealed an amended complaint and other documents designated ... [News Source]

Shareholders bring lawsuit against THAI executives (Bangkok Post - Thailand’s English news) Two shareholders of Thai Airways International (THAI) have filed a malfeasance lawsuit against 12 executives of the national airline, accusing them of causing billions of baht of damages to the carrier. [News Source]

Sex abuse lawsuit against Jesuits settled (KGW NewsChannel 8 Portland) PORTLAND, Ore. -- A $15 million sex abuse lawsuit against a pair of Jesuit priests has been settled for an undisclosed amount. [News Source]

Passengers testify in Osteen lawsuit trial (WBTV Charlotte) HOUSTON (AP) - Victoria Osteen's fellow passengers say they don't think she assaulted a flight attendant. They're testifying at a trial in Texas concerning a lawsuit brought against the wife of renowned pastor Joel Osteen. [News Source]

Joe Francis faces another lawsuit (WSYR 9 Syracuse) The Girls Gone Wild found has become the target of another lawsuit after allegedly making defamatory statements. [News Source]

Lawsuit over lost pay rolls on for truckers (East Valley Tribune) A class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of a group of truckers against Phoenix-based Swift Transportation is moving forwarded. [News Source]