Judge Allows Lawsuit Against APD Cops To Continue (CBS 11 Dallas – Fort Worth) Since August 2005, relatives of a man who died while police tried to arrest him have demanded justice. They claim three Allen officers used excessive and deadly force as they tried to restrain Edgar Vera. Three years later, a federal judge refused to throw out the civil lawsuit against the three Allen police officers. [News Source]

Another tack in terror-financier lawsuit (Philly.com) Only days after suffering a significant setback in their lawsuit against Saudi Arabia, lawyers at Cozen O'Connor and other plaintiffs' lawyers have opened a new front in their battle to hold terrorism financiers accountable for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. [News Source]

Milwaukee Deputy Loses Lawsuit Against Sheriff (WISC-TV Madison) MILWAUKEE -- A Milwaukee County deputy has lost a federal lawsuit alleging that he was placed on foot patrol in a high-crime neighborhood after he criticized the sheriff. [News Source]

Wrongful-death lawsuit in shooting by deputies (KNDO – KNDU Tri-Cities) Associated Press - August 19, 2008 9:25 PM ET TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - The daughter of a man shot dead by Pierce County sheriff's deputies three years ago has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against... [News Source]

Lawyers: NYC agrees to pay $2M to settle lawsuit with arrested Iraq war protestors (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) NEW YORK - The city has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit claiming 52 Iraq war activists were unjustly arrested, lawyers announced Tuesday. [News Source]

Writers settle age discrimination lawsuit (Las Vegas Sun) Tue, Aug 19, 2008 (5:42 p.m.) Roughly 10,000 television writers could benefit from a multimillion-dollar settlement in an age discrimination lawsuit, an attorney who filed the lawsuit said Tuesday. [News Source]

Younan Hospitality Group wins lawsuit brought by Falcon Physician Reviews Inc. (Dallas Morning News) Younan Hospitality Group said Tuesday that it has won a lawsuit brought by Falcon Physician Reviews Inc., which led preparatory courses at its Dallas hotel to help medical students with their licensing exams. [News Source]

Global warming threatens small mammal, lawsuit charges (Lexington Herald-Leader) Compared to the polar bear, the American pika is downright tiny. Weighing only 4 ounces to 6 ounces, this small, rabbitlike mammal with thick brown hair that lives on boulder-covered slopes near alpine meadows in Western mountain ranges, could represent the latest effort to use the Endangered Species Act to combat global warming. Environmentalists filed a lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. district ... [News Source]

Jared Leto Hits Back, Slams Virgin/EMI Lawsuit (Wired News) Jared Leto isn't taking the $30 million Virgin/EMI suit against his 30 Seconds to Mars band sitting down. The actor/musician says the lawsuit is entirely without merit and the contract he walked away from ceased to exist two years ago anyway. [News Source]

Day laborers settle lawsuit against O.C. deputies (KGET 17 Bakersfield) Attorneys say Lake Forest day laborers and Orange County sheriff's deputies reached a settlement in a harassment lawsuit just hours before trial was supposed to start. [News Source]