Lawsuit Claims DHS Slow, Incomplete When Investigating Abuse (News On 6 Tulsa) The Oklahoma Department of Human Services is battling a federal class action lawsuit. Now there are new details from a child welfare expert's report on how the agency handled the cases of nine foster children. Read The Report [News Source]

Lawsuit Challenges Plan To Shoot Valley Forge Deer (CBS4 Denver) Two animal advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to delay a plan to shoot hundreds of deer in Valley Forge National Historical Park, west of Philadelphia. Park officials say they want to thin a herd of nearly 1,300 deer to between 165 and 185 to protect park vegetation and to protect deer from disease. The Connecticut-based Friends of Animals and Pennsylvania-based Compassion for Animals ... [News Source]

Alavi Foundation Is Iran Front, U.S. Says in Lawsuit (Update2) (Bloomberg) Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- The Alavi Foundation, part owner of a 36-story New York office tower, is a front for the government of Iran, the U.S. government alleged in a lawsuit seeking to seize the building. [News Source]

Family injured in Texas natural gas pipeline explosion files lawsuit (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) LUBBOCK, Texas - A family whose members suffered burns when a natural gas pipeline exploded last week in the Texas Panhandle filed a negligence lawsuit Thursday against the companies that own and operate it. [News Source]

ACORN lawsuit raises question: Can it survive? (AP via Yahoo! News) ACORN has been cut off by banks, the government and most of its private foundation funders, severely hampering its housing operations and raising the possibility that it will not survive in its current form, according to a lawsuit the group filed Thursday against the U.S. government. [News Source]

Lawsuit between ACLU, Canyon County over jail ends (KTVB Boise)   BOISE -- A federal judge has approved an agreement between the ACLU and Canyon County detailing what must be done to improve conditions at the county jail. The consent decree was approved by U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill on Thursday. It effectively closes the lawsuit ACLU-Idaho brought on behalf of six inmates who said they were being sickened because the jail had poor ventilation ... [News Source]

Lawsuit filed in Kalahari drowning (WTVG-TV Toledo) The lawsuit accuses Kalahari Resorts and its affiliated companies of negligence and poor planning. [News Source]

Alavi Foundation Is Iran Front, U.S. Says in Lawsuit (Update1) (Bloomberg) Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- The Alavi Foundation, part owner of a 36-story New York office tower, is a front for the government of Iran, the U.S. government alleged in a lawsuit seeking to seize the building. [News Source]

Lawsuit alleges Charlie Wilson did not meet qualifications to run for Vero Beach city council (Indian River Press Journal) VERO BEACH — A local citizen has filed a lawsuit contending newly-elected City Council Member Charlie Wilson wasn’t qualified to run for City Council. [News Source]

Lawsuit: Trip over dog ruined sex life (UPI) NEW YORK, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- A New York octogenarian claims in a lawsuit against a bar that his sex life was ruined by an injury suffered when he tripped over a dog at the establishment. [News Source]