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Media
The New Jersey Attorney General claims Arbitron undercounted the black and Hispanic radio audience in New Jersey in its new electronic ratings service - the "Portable People Meter" - in a consumer fraud and civil rights complaint in Middlesex County Court.
Two law enforcement officers demand $50 million from Primedia and Grove/Atlantic, claiming New York Magazine defamed them in a story in its Aug. 7, 2000 issue that accused police of stealing money from a drug dealer, in New York County Court.
Home Mortgages
Washington Mutual and Countrywide Financial charged late fees for mortgage payments that were not late, a class action claims in Orange County Court, Calif.
Commerce
Christopher Tiensch claims New Zealand-based North America CRE8 fired him as its CEO because he refused to participate in an illegal "pump and dump" scheme in CRE8 stock, in Travis County Court, Austin.
Attorneys & Courts
A class action in Chicago Federal Court accuses Esquire Deposition Services of overcharging for copies of transcripts.
Commerce Class Action
ADT Security Services charges its dealers an illegal "activation fee" for new clients, Security On-Line Systems claims in a class action in Arapahoe County Court, Colo.
Entertainment
Bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman filed two lawsuits in Honolulu Circuit Court, claiming entertainment managers Boris Krutonog and Pivot Point Entertainment cheated him (in one case), and publicists Maureen Kedes Krutonog and Vertex Communications sold pejorative information to tabloids rather than promoting him.
Carmel Films sued Blue Rider Finance in Los Angeles Superior Court in a dispute over financing of a movie called "Not Forgotten."
Employment
A 40-year employee claims Qwest harassed and constructively fired her to retaliate for her truthful testimony about its discrimination against Hispanic employees, in Eugene, Ore., Federal Court.
Class-action complaints alleging Labor Code violations have been filed against these defendants: US Extradition Services, in Houston Federal Court; Mi Pueblo San Jose, in Santa Clara County Court, Calif.; Gateway Plastering, in Orange County Court, Calif.; FedEx, and Expressway Printing & Typesetting, in Brooklyn Federal Court; and Advanced Gastroenterology of Naples, in Fort Myers, Fla., Federal Court.
Medical
John Muir Medical Center killed James Holmes with an overdose of Pontocaine for an echocardiogram, his family claims in Contra Costa County Court, Calif.
Auto Dealers
Bob Baker Toyota Scion is accused of cheating customers, in a class action in San Diego Superior Court.
Beuckman Ford and Behlmann Pre-Owned Centers are accused of charging illegal "document processing fees," in separate class action in St. Louis County Court, Clayton.
Civil Rights
Troy police and Rensselaer County sheriff's deputies stunned a woman with a flash-bang device, tore apart her apartment, assaulted and battered her and confiscated items they have not returned in a drug raid on the wrong house, she claims in Albany Federal Court.
Insurance
Insurance Co. of North America refuses in bad faith to honor its policy, a yacht chartering company claims in a hurricane case in Key West Federal Court.
Credit
Eleven more people claim LexisNexis Risk & Information Analytics Group, successor to Securint, and Reed Elsevier cost them jobs by publishing credit reports that misattributed to them other's people's criminal convictions, in Richmond, Va., Federal Court.
Patent & Trademark
Red Roof Inns sued Red Woof Inn in a trademark complaint in Dallas Federal Court.
Liability
A family claims The Lucas Michael Rubino Family and Child Counseling Center's counselor Tajinder Singh Bedi sexually assaulted their child while counseling her behind closed doors, in Contra Costa County Court, Calif.
Shareholder Class Action
Shareholders demand $12.5 million in New Haven Federal Court in a complaint over United Natural Foods' merger with Millbrook Distribution Holdings.
Bankruptcy
Dallas-based transportation firms Greatwide Logistics Services and 49 affiliates filed for bankruptcy in Delaware, listing more than $500 million in debts. Greatwide will be acquired by a group of its first-lien secured lenders, including of Centerbridge Capital Partners and D.E. Shaw.
Metromedia Steakhouses filed for bankruptcy in Delaware, listing more than $100 million in debts.
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