Friday, April 08, 2011Last Update: 8:29 PM PT

     PITTSBURGH - A federal class action claims Wells Fargo Bank forces borrowers to take out too much flood insurance on their homes, then takes kickbacks and commissions on the force-placed insurance.

     MANHATTAN - In an 11-count indictment, federal prosecutors accuse these eight men of conspiring to bribe state Sen. Carl Kruger and Assemblyman William Boyland Jr.: Carl Kruger, Richard Lipsky, Aaron Malinsky, Solomon Kalish, Robert Aquino, David Rosen, William Boyland Jr., and Michael Turano.

      LOS ANGELES - MAM Wealth Management, MAMW Real Estate Fund General Partner, Alex Martinez and Raphael Sanchez ran a $10.3 million securities fraud, the SEC says in Federal Court.

     NEWARK - In a federal antitrust complaint, Walgreen, Kroger, Safeway and others claim Pfizer and Warner-Lambert conspired to monopolize, fix prices and file baseless lawsuits to extend their monopoly on gabapentin aka Neurontin.

      FORT WORTH - A housekeeper claims Adventist Health System/Sunbelt dba Huguley Memorial Medical Center fired her to retaliate for her truthful report that her boss, Kasseem Smith, assaulted her, knocked her down and ejaculated on her.

      SAN FRANCISCO - Du Pont accuses these defendants of industrial spying on its paint pigment technology for Chinese competitors: USA Performance Technology, Performance Group (USA), Walter Liew and John Liu.

      BROOKLYN - Comverse Technologies' Israeli subsidiary hired an agent in Cyprus to bribe customers to get their business, the SEC says.

      CHARLESTON, W. Va. - A class action accuses Union Carbide, Dow Chemical, Elkem Metals, Globe Specialty Metals and West Virginia Alloys of contaminating West Virginia with arsenic, iron, lead, and other toxins, and endangering and harming public health.

      WILMINGTON, Del. - Indiana Downs racetrack and casino filed for bankruptcy, listing more than $500 million in assets and less than that in debts.

     SANTA MONICA - Masuimi Max, who describes herself as "a famous and world renowned model," claims Coast Hotels misappropriated her image to advertise its "Erotic Ball" in Seattle.

     MEMPHIS - True Temper Sports says it's been using its "Dynamic" trademark to sell golf club shafts since the 1940s, and that it is the leading shaftmaker in the world, and now Dynamic Brands is using the same mark, in the same font, to sell its own golf equipment.

      WILMINGTON, Del. - Alterna'TV Corp. and a slew of affiliates, including Satelites Mexicanos, filed for bankruptcy, listing $442 million in assets and $532 million in debts.

      WASHINGTON - In a pro se complaint, attorney Larry Klayman demands $1 billion from Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook, claiming they refuse to take down an "Intifada" Facebook page that states, "Judgment Day will be brought upon us only once Muslims have killed all the Jews."

      HOUSTON - A man claims the Rev. Fernando Garza of Cadgrey Christian Church dba Centro de Alabanza del Gran Rey defrauded him of more than $100,000 in property deals by, among other things, quoting Bible verses at him.