Settlement reached in plumbing defect lawsuit (Las Vegas Review-Journal) Home builder Del Webb and its Coventry brand agreed to pay $27.2 million to 6,617 homeowners in a class-action plumbing defect lawsuit, an attorney representing the homeowners said today. [News Source]

Ex-Playboy staffer files discrimination lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Playboy magazine's former fashion director claims he was fired because of his sexual orientation and his age. Joseph DeAcetis filed a lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court saying the magazine's editorial director "made fun" of him because he is gay and his hair was gray. [News Source]

McDonald’s Still In Nude Photos Lawsuit (The Morning News) FAYETTEVILLE — An attorney for McDonald's Corp. argued Friday the company should be dismissed from a lawsuit over nude pictures that ended up online. [News Source]

Del Webb, Coventry Homes settle in class-action faulty plumbing lawsuit (Las Vegas Sun) A judge on Friday sanctioned a $27.2 million settlement from Del Webb Communities and its Coventry Homes subsidiary in a class-action lawsuit regarding faulty plumbing. [News Source]

Pinata mishap allegation leads to lawsuit (Chicago Tribune) A runaway metal piñata bat that allegedly injured a woman at a birthday party in Blue Island last fall has led to a lawsuit filed today against the hosts of the party. Ava Chakinis was at a birthday party at the Blue Island home of Richard Rodriguez and Mauren Gelin-Rodriguez last September when children participated in a piñata game, according to a suit filed Friday in Cook County Circuit ... [News Source]

Union drops contract lawsuit against Gregoire (KOMO Seattle) A union representing 900 registered nurses on Friday dropped its lawsuit against Gov. Chris Gregoire over unpaid contracts. The decision by the Service Employees International Union Local 1199 came after a state board said Gregoire committed an unfair labor practice in the case. [News Source]

City settles lawsuit against police (Galveston County Daily News) SANTA FE The city will pay $125,000 to settle a lawsuit in which a Houston man claimed two officers beat him two years ago. [News Source]

Appeals Court Keeps Alive Trademark Lawsuit Against Google (PC World via Yahoo! News) A trademark lawsuit against Google that a lower court had dismissed in 2006 has been given new life. [News Source]

Judge dismisses Duke Energy lawsuit in Ohio (FOX 19 Cincinnati) CINCINNATI (AP) - A federal judge has dismissed an antitrust lawsuit alleging Duke Energy paid millions of dollars in kickbacks to large Ohio customers to get them to stop opposing a 2004 rate increase. [News Source]

Union drops contract lawsuit against Wash. gov (AP via Yahoo! Finance) A union representing 900 registered nurses on Friday dropped its lawsuit against Gov. Chris Gregoire over unpaid contracts. [News Source]