Saturday, August 22, 2009Last Update: 10:54 PM PT

     Massivemedia, which says it specializes in "wrapped vehicle advertising," claims BMW owes it $31,756 for wrapping 15 cars in vinyl for a "guerrilla advertising" event in New York City, in New York County Court.

     Nicholas Cosmo and others involved in Agape World stole more than $370 million from more than 1,500 victims, according to a complaint in Central Islip, N.Y., Federal Court.
     Here are the defendants in the Agape case: Premium Protection Plan LLC, Nicholas Cosmo, Anthony Massaro, Jason Keryc, David Petry, Marty Hartmann Sr., Marty Hartmann Jr., Hugo Leon Arias, Sebastian Tauz.Agape is Greek for "brotherly love."

     Olympic champion figure skater Alexei Yagudin claims his business manager Michael Goldin swiped more than $1 million from him, some of which Goldin sent to his wife, Gina Goldin, in Kings County Court, Brooklyn.

     Three members of a family were poisoned by e. coli-contaminated meat the JBS Swift & Co. recalled on June 24, and one boy needed dialysis and blood transfusions for it, the family claims in Milwaukee Federal Court.
     
     Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village gave 75 guests at a bat mitzvah food poisoning, according to a complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court.

     The FTC says Swish Marketing and Virtual Works dba EverPrivate Card and Secret Cash Card fail to disclose accurate information to consumers who seek online credit, in separate complaints in San Jose Federal Court.
     Defendants in the Swish case are Swish Marketing, Mark Benning, Matthew Patterson, and Jason Strober.
     Defendants in the Virtual Works case are Virtual Works aka Virtual Works fka Private Finder dba as EverPrivate Card and Secret Cash Card, Joshua Finer, and Jerome Klein.

     Lois Psihoyos claims Apple Computers violated copyright on his "1,000 TVs" photo to push an iPhone app called i.TV, in a $2 million demand in Manhattan Federal Court.
     
     Marriott International claims the U.S. Model & Talent Convention owes it $390,000 for events it canceled for this year and the next, in Manhattan Federal Court.
     
     Chris Humphreys claims The Inspiration Networks backed out of a deal to show 13 episodes of a show he pitched, "Getting Out of the City," in Waco, Texas, Federal Court.

     The USA and Indiana demand that Countrymark Cooperative pay for a 2003 oil spill from its 238-mile, tri-state oil line that polluted the Wabash River, in Indianapolis Federal Court.
     
     The USA and Missouri demand that Childress Royalty Co. and Acme Land Co. pay to clean up the Oronogo/Duenweg Mining Belt Superfund Site in Jasper, in Joplin Federal Court.
     
     The USA sued First Chemical Corp. for a 2003 explosion that polluted the air with mononitrotoluene, in Gulfport, Miss., Federal Court.
     
     The USA claims NSB Niederelbe Schifahrtsgessellschaft MBH dumped 523 barrels of oil in and around the Savannah River in July 2006, in Savannah, Ga., Federal Court.
     
     The USA and Louisville claim D.D. Williamson polluted the air with ammonia from its caramel color manufacturing facility, in a complaint reaching back to 1997, in Louisville Federal Court.

     CashCall harasses and abuses customers and deceives them about interest rates on loans that can be higher than 99 percent, the State of California claims in Los Angeles Superior Court.

     Bravo Pro Maintenance, which provides janitorial services for casinos on The Strip, faces a class action labor complaint in Las Vegas Federal Court.
     
     Class-action complaints alleging Labor Code violations have been filed against these defendants: Precision Dynamics, and Ameripride Guard Services, in Los Angeles Superior Court; Washington Inventory Service, in San Diego Superior Court; Mortgage Lenders of America, in Kansas City, Mo., Federal Court; Charming Stores and Catherines Inc., in New Haven Federal Court; Cherokee Nation Entertainment, in Tulsa Federal Court; Delta Faucet Co., in Jackson, Tenn., Federal Court; and Multiband Corp., in Memphis Federal Court.
     (Companies not separated by commas are defendants in the same case.)

     The United States Life Insurance Company in the City of New York systematically denies catastrophic major medical benefits, a class action claims in Los Angeles Superior Court.
     
     Everest National Insurance Co. and Inter-Reco overcharged for insurance they didn't even provide, a class action claims in Nassau County Court, N.Y.

     YieldBoost Technologies claims Photon Dynamics and Orbotech violate patent on its method of detecting defects in thin-film transistors, in San Jose Federal Court.

     Heckler & Koch claims Ariakon's "Sim-5" paintball guns violate H&K's "MP5" submachine gun trademark and trade dress, in Columbus, Ga., Federal Court.
     
     El Pollo Loco sued Jacinto & Corona Enterprises to protect its "Pollo Loco" trademark, in Santa Ana, Calif., Federal Court.
     
     Kick Ass Pictures sued Foda Interactive and KickAssRatios.com to protect its "Kick Ass" trademark, in Los Angeles Federal Court.