Monday, December 20, 2010Last Update: 11:00 PM PT

     MANHATTAN - Federal prosecutors charged two more hedge fund sharpies with fraud. William Shternfeld and Benjamin Koifman, both of Marlboro, N.J., took $20 million for nonexistent investments of the A.R. Capital Globe Fund, and shipped $18 million of it to the Ukraine, according to the 4-count indictment.

     LOS ANGELES - Mark Frost demands that Robert Frederick and MVP Entertainment stop falsely claiming they are making a movie out of his book, "The Match: The Day the Game of Golf Changed Forever," in a federal copyright complaint.

     MINEOLA, N.Y. - A pharmacist claims YouTube defamed him and his pharmacy by letting someone post videos that call him the "cheating pharmacist," in Nassau County Court.

     MANHATTAN - Forum Novelties sued GreenLight LLC and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Federal Court, insisting that its "Heroes in History" disguise kit does not violate the defendants' rights to Albert Einstein's name and image.

     MINNEAPOLIS - TaxMasters used bait-and-switch tactics and unsubstantiated claims to bilk people for thousands of dollars, Minnesota claims in Hennepin County Court.

     ALBUQUERQUE - A black child's teacher in Albuquerque Schools told racist jokes to the class, and retaliated against the kid when his parents complained, and the school did little or nothing to stop it, the family says in Federal Court.

     MEMPHIS - Discover Financial Services uses "confusing and misleading sales tactics to surreptitiously enroll unwitting individuals" in a costly "Payment Protection Plan," a class action claims in Federal Court.

     SEATTLE - A Seattle Seahawks fan claims NY Jets player Meshaunda "Shaun" Pizarrur Ellis injured him with a snowball after the Seahawks eliminated the Jets from the playoffs on Dec. 21, 2008.

     MANHATTAN - The WTA Tour claims Seoul Broadcasting System International dba SBS International owes it $160,000 for broadcast rights, in New York County Court.

      LOS ANGELES - Nordstrom stiffs workers for overtime, a class action claims in Superior Court.

     MANHATTAN - Payday Records and Ultra Records claim Ultra Enterprises dba Ultra Music Festival violates copyright by posting tunes on the defendant's website, in Federal Court.