Sunday, November 08, 2009Last Update: 12:19 AM PT

     Power Windows & Siding provides unenforceable contract with hidden and illegal arbitration provisions and without financing terms, a class action claims in Camden County Court, N.J.

     Directors of Encore Acquisition Co. are selling the company too cheaply to Denbury Resources, for $4.5 billion, or $15 cash and $35 in Denbury common stock for each Encore share, stockholders say in Delaware Chancery Court.
     
     Shareholders want Allied Capital Corp. enjoined from selling the company to Ares Capital Corp., in Baltimore City Court.
     
     Shareholders want to stop Merix Corp. from merging with Viasystems Group, in Multnomah County Court, Ore.

     Seamiles claims Carnival Corp. and Barclays Banks Delaware violate its "SeaMiles" trademark, in Miami Federal Court.

     Larry Bond and Bond Aviation claim The Orlando Sentinel defamed them by reporting the FAA had shut down Bond's Simulator Training Center, and that they owe Jet Blue hundreds of thousands of dollars, in Orange County Court, Fla.

     American Home Mortgage Servicing forces distressed borrowers into illegal and unconscionable loan modifications and forbearance agreements, provides incompetent customer service, and fails to respond to borrowers' requests for assistance, the Ohio Attorney General claims in Cuyahoga County Court.

     LandAmerica OneStop filed for bankruptcy in Richmond, Va., listing $24 million in assets and $91 million in liabilities - $89 million of it to LandAmerica Financial Group.

     A class action claims Kellogg falsely advertises that eating Cocoa Krispies will "help support your child's immunity," in Los Angeles Federal Court.

     A woman says her boss at Integra Healthcare told her he would "question her integrity" if she voted for Barack Obama in 2008, and fired her a week after she did it, in a racial discrimination claim in Kansas City, Mo., Federal Court.
     Class-action complaints alleging Labor Code violations have been filed against these defendants: The Vons Cos., and American Apparel, in Los Angeles Superior Court; Union Bank, in Orange County Court, Calif.; America's Collectibles Network dba Jewelry Television, in Knoxville Federal Court; Amtec, in Manhattan Federal Court; NJK Contractors, in Brooklyn Federal Court; and Waste Management of Arkansas, in Pine Bluff Federal Court.
     (Companies not separated by commas are defendants in the same case.)

     Agit Global, of Taiwan, claims Wham-O violated two patents for a "Slider," in Los Angeles Federal Court.

     Allied Property and Casualty Insurance collects an illegal "service charge" from policyholders who pay premiums monthly, a class action claims in Sacramento Federal Court.

     Resort Condominiums International sold time shares with a string of lies, a class action claims in Newark Federal Court.

     Esquire Deposition Services, court reporters, charges transcription rates for computer-generated word indexes attached to transcriptions of depositions, hearings and trials, a class action claims in Middlesex County Court, N.J.

     Coventry Real Estate Advisors demands $500 million from Developers Diversified Realty Corp. and others, alleging breach of investment agreements, in New York County Court.

     Joao Control & Monitoring Systems of Texas claims Playboy, Penthouse and others violate patent on a "monitoring apparatus and method" for video Web technology, in Tyler, Texas, Federal Court.