Hugine drops lawsuit against S.C. State (The State) S.C. State University and its former president Andrew Hugine have settled the lawsuit Hugine filed after he was fired in 2007, the university announced Wednesday. [News Source]

Hugine drops lawsuit against S.C. State (The State) S.C. State University and its former president Andrew Hugine have settled the lawsuit Hugine filed after he was fired in 2007, the university announced Wednesday. [News Source]

Facebook comes out swinging at critics of settlement offer in Beacon lawsuit (Computerworld) Under the offer made last September, Facebook said it would pay $9.5 million to set up a privacy foundation to fund projects promoting the cause of online privacy in return for the lawsuit against it to be dropped. It also said that it would formally drop the Beacon service. [News Source]

Lawsuit: Toyota flaw caused wrecks (The Cincinnati Enquirer) A Northern Kentucky woman pinned against a brick wall by a Camry and a Tundra driver who claims her pickup accelerated out of control have filed a federal lawsuit against Toyota. [News Source]

House Speaker O’Neal representing plaintiffs in lawsuit against state over budget bill (49 ABC News Topeka) Kansas House Speaker Mike O’Neal, R-Hutchinson, is serving as an attorney for a number of groups that have filed a lawsuit against the state over a budget bill passed by the Legislature. [News Source]

Texas Tech regents vote to proceed with lawsuit (Sports Illustrated) LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- Texas Tech's board of regents have voted unanimously to go forward in a lawsuit, presumably the one brought against the school by fired coach Mike Leach. [News Source]

Tech regents vote to proceed with lawsuit (KFDA-TV Amarillo) Associated Press - February 3, 2010 6:25 PM ET LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Texas Tech's board of regents have voted unanimously to go forward in a lawsuit, presumably the one brought against the... [News Source]

MANURE MISSTEP: The owners of eight large hog confinement facilities are facing a lawsuit from the Iowa Attorney … (WHO-TV 13 Des Moines) The Iowa Attorney General's Office has filed a lawsuit against two companies which operate eight large hog confinement facilities in Kossuth and Palo Alto Counties. [News Source]

Records lawsuit reveals Easley’s secret e-mail account (WRAL.com Raleigh) Former Gov. Mike Easley sometimes used a secret e-mail account to conduct state business, according to a longtime staffer who testified as part of a public records lawsuit. [News Source]

Another Funding Lawsuit Brewing in Kansas (Kansas Public Radio) The speaker of the Kansas House is representing numerous businesses and insurance funds in a lawsuit alleging that the state unconstitutionally "swept" money from various accounts last years. The state's goal in the sweep was to help cover a revenue shortfall. [News Source]