Canyon News – City Files Lawsuit Against FTA BEVERLY HILLS —On Friday, February 15, the city of Beverly Hills filed a lawsuit in federal court to block funding for Metro’s planned extension route that would tunnel under Beverly Hills High School . [News Source]

EPA's Secret And Costly 'Sue And Settle' Collusion With Environmental Organizations “Sue and Settle “ practices, sometimes referred to as “friendly lawsuits”, are cozy deals through which far-left radical environmental groups file lawsuits against federal agencies wherein court-ordered “consent decrees” are issued based upon a prearranged settlement agreement they collaboratively craft together in advance behind closed doors. Then, rather than allowing the entire process to ... [News Source]

Environmental groups challenge Lake Tahoe Regional Plan Update Emerald Bay. The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's Regional Plan Update is headed to court. On Monday, the Sierra Club and Friends of the West Shore filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the TRPA's long-discussed plan for Lake Tahoe's future. [News Source]

Reid, Feinstein urged Sierra Club not to fight RPU Federal legislators urged the Sierra Club not to delay the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's Regional Plan Update prior to the environmental group's challenge to the wide-ranging plan this week. [News Source]

Tom Cruise braces for fight in Life & Style libel lawsuit Tom Cruise 's lawsuit against Bauer Media Group, which publishes Life & Style magazine, is getting ugly in the discovery phase, mostly because Bauer really wants to prove Cruise abandoned his daughter Suri in the wake of his divorce from Katie Holmes . Seems finding out the facts is something Life & … [News Source]

YISD will seek dismissal of suit After more than a decade, a lawsuit by a former preschool principal against the Ysleta Independent School District may wind up before the Texas Supreme Court. [News Source]

Sex Suit Against Former LAUSD Supt. Cortines Dismissed LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has dismissed a sexual harassment lawsuit against former L.A. schools Supt. Ramon C. Cortines, according to a spokesman for the school district. The judge ruled that real estate manager Scot … [News Source]