Friday, August 14, 2009Last Update: 9:39 PM PT

     The Landmark Legal Foundation demands records from the CIA on its "enhanced interrogation techniques." The FOIA complaint in DC Federal Court relates to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's claim that the CIA did not properly inform her about what it was doing.

     Lowe's Home Center charges $65 to install dryers but breaches contract by failing to install them as directed in the manual, creating hazards that can cause fire and death, a class action claims in Statesville, N.C., Federal Court.
     
     Ocean Spray Cranberries falsely advertises its Cranberry Pomegranate Juice, whose primary ingredients are grape and apple juice, with very little pomegranate, a class action claims in Los Angeles Federal Court.
     
     Apple and Intel misrepresent the battery life of laptop computers, a class action claims in Los Angeles Superior Court.

     Associated Tax Relief, Bich Nguyen, Young Bin Chung, and Linda Wilson cheated thousands of people by taking up-front fees for bogus "debt relief" services, a class action claims in Orange County Court, Calif.

      Textron juggled its books to inflate its share price through false and misleading statements, a class action claims in Providence, R.I., Federal Court.
     
     Noven Pharmaceuticals gave preferential treatment to insiders in its merger with Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., shareholders say in Miami-Dade County Court.
     
     Mind C.T.I. inflated its share price through false and misleading statements, shareholders claim in Manhattan Federal Court.

     Volvo XC90 T6 autos in 2003-05 model years have defective automatic transmissions that slip, seize and fail, a class action claims in Newark Federal Court. The class says the 4T65 trannys were made by (nonparty) General Motors and modified by Volvo.

     Allstate denies property claims for water and steam damage in bad faith, a class action claims in Philadelphia state court.
     
     The Life Insurance Company of the Southwest used deceptive tactics to sell its "Revolutionary Policy," a class action claims in Orange County Court, Calif.
     
     Allstate uses tables to calculate depreciation and damages, instead of the true depreciation and damages, a class action claims in Sacramento Superior Court.
     
     Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan charged hidden fees for hospitalization services since 1994, the Genesee County Road Commission claims in Genesee County Court, Flint, Mich.

     Precision Metal Industries fired a black welder for complaining about a white worker who threatened him with a hangman's noose and a pipe, the man claims in Fort Lauderdale Federal Court.
     
     Class-action complaints alleging Labor Code violations have been filed against these defendants: AutoZone, Time Warner Cable, and Ampac Insurance Marketing, in Los Angeles Superior Court; Southern California Pizza Co., Fabrication Network, and American Two and Auto Repair, in Orange County Court, Calif.; Home Pride Services, in Chicago Federal Court; Durham School Services, in Austin Federal Court; M.H. Williams Construction Group, in Orlando Federal Court; Schreiber Foods, in Nashville Federal Court; Milnick Roofing Co., in Jackson, Miss., Federal Court; and Gemini Traffic Sales, in Gainesville, Ga., Federal Court.
     (Companies not separated by commas are defendants in the same case.)

     American National Trading Corp. demands $50 million from McGladrey & Pullen, accountants, in a complaint springing from the Sentinel Management Group scheme, in Los Angeles Superior Court.

     Andrew Cornaglia claims The Press of Atlantic City and Irelia Gomberg aka The Answer Guy defamed him in August 2008, apparently by reprinting or referring to a 1992 Press article that claimed he has Mob connections, in Atlantic County Court, N.J.

      LG Electronics claims that Funai Electric violates patents on video displays, in Texarkana, Texas, Federal Court.

     J Lee's Metals dba D&M Metals pollutes federal waters, Inland Empire Waterkeeper claims in Los Angeles Federal Court.

     Wells Fargo juggles accounts to extract maximum, and unfair, overdraft fees from its customers, a class action claims in Houston Federal Court.

     Corbis claims McKeon Products violates copyright on digital images. It demands $30,000 per image, and $150,000 per willful infringement, in Manhattan Federal Court.

     Casella Wines claims Bronco Wine and Barrel Ten Quarter Circle violate its "Yellow Tail" trademark, in Manhattan Federal Court.
     
     Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory claims Cold Spring Publishing violates trademark, in Central Islip, N.Y., Federal Court.