$135,000 Lamp


     Lawrence Converso says he owned the "Frank Gehry Fish Lamp" that Sotheby's sold on consignment for $135,000, and he wants the money, in Manhattan Federal Court.

Securities

     Willie Lee Cloud Jr. defrauded investors of $200,000 through his business, C and R Financial, and misappropriated at least $75,000 of it, the CFTC says in Houston Federal Court.

Al Qaeda

     Two people who were hurt in the August 1998 attack on the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi demand punitive damages from Sudan and Iran, in DC Federal Court.

Employment

     A P.E. teacher claims the Sacred Heart of Jesus Roman Catholic Church School fired him because, on his own time, he wrote a screenplay that the pastor read and didn't like, in Kings County Court, Brooklyn.

Cancer Drug Antitrust


     Merck, Cancer Research Technology, and Sanofi-Aventis manipulated the patent process and filed sham litigation to extend their monopoly over a brain cancer drug, Temodar, an antitrust class action claims in Delaware Federal Court.

Aramark


     Aramark double billed for food and drink in box suites at Angel Stadium during the 2009 baseball season, a class action claims in Orange County Court, Anaheim.

Pro Sports


     Cowboys Stadium claims the Tarrant County Cowboys breached a 20-year, $6.5 million contract to lease a suite in Cowboys Stadium, in Tarrant County Court, Fort Worth.

Chainsaw House


     An employee of Fort Worth Mixed Use Inc. dba Cutting Edge Haunted House hit a visitor "in the head with a working chainsaw," Lindsey Harris claims in Tarrant County Court, Fort Worth.

Civil Rights

     East Carroll Parish sheriff's Officer Joel Phoenix forced a male detainee to engage in homosexual sex with him, the man claims in Shreveport Federal Court.

Shareholder Class Action

     Zenith National Insurance is selling itself too cheaply to Fairfax Financial, for $38 a share or $1.4 billion, shareholders say in Delaware Chancery Court.

Defamation

     Cara Muhlhahn, a midwife, claims that Andrew Goldman, a contributing editor, defamed her in his March 22, 2009 article for New York Magazine; she also sued the publisher, New York Media, in New York County Court.

Liability

     Whitehall Preparatory & Fitness Academy teacher "John Doe (Mr. Thomas)" [sic] sexually assaulted a girl after the school tried to "hide and conceal all prior sexual allegations" against him, the girl claims in Franklin County Court, Ohio.