True Value lawsuit alleges bad legal advice (Chicago Tribune) True Value seeks more than $20 million from former legal counsel Goldberg, Kohn, Bell, Black, Rosenbloom & Moritz True Value Co., the Chicago-based hardware store cooperative, filed a lawsuit against its former legal counsel Friday, claiming it received bad legal advice and seeking more than $20 million. [News Source]

Jury awards BP workers $100 million in lawsuit (San Francisco Chronicle) A federal jury Friday awarded more than $100 million to 10 workers who claimed they were injured in 2007 when a toxic substance was released at BP PLC's Texas City plant. The jurors in Galveston, about 50 miles southeast of Houston, gave each contract worker $... Texas City - BP - Houston - Lawsuit - Law [News Source]

Texas water district keeps water lawsuit alive (AP via Yahoo! News) A North Texas water district seeking to buy billions of gallons of water from basins in southern Oklahoma has filed an amended lawsuit against officials in Oklahoma. [News Source]

Lawsuit against Sammy Sosa dismissed (MSNBC) SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) -A lawsuit by a local business seeking $203,000 from former Major League Baseball star Sammy Sosa was thrown out by a Dominican Republic prosecutor on Friday. [News Source]

Lawsuit against ex-major leaguer Sammy Sosa thrown out (ESPN) A lawsuit by a business seeking $203,000 from former baseball star Sammy Sosa has been thrown out by a Dominican Republic prosecutor. [News Source]

Lawsuit shaping up as test of Miss. tort reform (AP via Yahoo! News) Before Mississippi lawmakers passed tort reform that limited damages in civil litigation, Ronnie Lee Lymas' lawsuit against the store where he was shot wouldn't have gotten much attention. [News Source]

Lawsuit against Sosa tossed for lack of evidence (CBS Sports) A lawsuit by a local business seeking $203,000 from former Major League Baseball star Sammy Sosa was thrown out by a Dominican Republic prosecutor on Friday. [News Source]

Lawsuit against Sammy Sosa dismissed (AP via Yahoo! Sports) A lawsuit by a business seeking $203,000 from former baseball star Sammy Sosa has been thrown out by a Dominican Republic prosecutor. Adolfo Feliz said Friday that the suit lacked sufficient evidence. Carim Abu Nabaa alleged that Sosa didn't pay him a commission of $150,000 on a house sale, $43,000 for a luxury watch, and $10,000 for getting Reggaeton singer Don Omar to perform at Sosa's... [News Source]

Apollo Group Resolves Lawsuit (Zacks.com via Yahoo! Finance) Apollo Group Inc. has agreed to pay $67.5 million to the U.S. government and an additional $11.0 million as attorney fees to resolve a lawsuit involving its subsidiary, the University of Phoenix. [News Source]

Lawsuit Filed Over Food Stamps Backlog (KSAT San Antonio) The state's lingering backlog of food stamp applications leads to a lawsuit. [News Source]