Friday, April 16, 2010Last Update: 9:15 PM PT

     Art Finance Partners demands $300,000, plus punitive damages, from Wally Findlay Galleries International, claiming it sold the consigned painting, "Woman with Parasol," by German impressionist Karl Buehr (1866-1952), but didn't deliver the money, in New York County Court.

     Southern Grouts & Mortars claims it paid Scott W. Rothstein, Shawn Birken, Frank Herrera, and Debra Villegas $582,000, most of it "under false and fraudulent representations of Rothstein, Villegas, and Law Firm," in Broward County Court, Fort Lauderdale.

     Crystal Sky Entertainment and supposed Hollywood producer Steven Paul defrauded an investor of $7.5 million for alleged film projects, EYP Ltd. claims in Manhattan Federal Court.

     Wells Fargo fka Wachovia took $25 billion in federal bailout money but refuses to adjust troubled homeowners' mortgages under the Home Affordable Modification Program, a class action claims in Chicago Federal Court.

     Tim Marcum, former head coach of Tampa Bay Storm, an arena football team, claims Xanderwee and Robert Nucci owe him $119,000 in salary and housing allowance, in Hillsborough County Court, Fla.

     Yellowpages.com and AT&T misrepresent the benefits of their YP Clicks! program, a class action claims in San Diego County Court.

     Directors of Compellent Technologies inflated the share price through false and misleading statements to sell 3.3 million shares for $64 million, and the price plunged by 24 percent when the truth came out, shareholders claim in Minneapolis Federal Court.

     Xteriors Inc. and Steven Tatgenhorst claim CBS' Chicago affiliate, WBBM, defamed them by, among other things, accusing them of damaging roofs to increase the money they got from jobs, in McHenry County Court, Ill.

     The Montana Family Foundation claims the state illegally excluded it from being included in the State Employees' Charitable Giving Campaign because of its "sectarian activities," in Billings Federal Court.

     Safety-Kleen Systems sold cleaners and solvents with illegal, polluting volatile organic compounds, the State of California claim in Orange County Court.

     Mars claims Naturex, Nutraceutical Corp., and the Extension Foundation violate patent on its cocoa polyphenols, in Alexandria, Va., Federal Court. Polyphenols are aromatic chemicals.

     Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Centers of New York and affiliates have filed for bankruptcy in Manhattan, listing more than $1 billion in debts and less than $500 million in assets.