Blackberry


     SAN FRANCISCO - Dolby International claims Research in Motion's Blackberry and PlayBook violate five Dolby patents.

Gaga Tunes


     MANHATTAN - Calvin Gaines demands $1 million from Rob Fusari and Rob Fusari Productions, and credit as coauthor and coproducer of four tunes performed by nonparty Lady Gaga.

iBooks

      MANHATTAN - Brock Tower Press and others claim Apple violates their "iBooks" trademark.

Home Depot

     SAN DIEGO - Home Depot misclassifies assistant store managers as "executives" to stiff them for overtime, 110 workers and former workers claim in Federal Court. Another 75 people filed a similar complaint in Camden, N.J.

Deaf Sue CNN


     OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) - In a state class action, the Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness claims Time Warner discriminates by failing to caption its news videos on CNN.com.

School

      FLORENCE, Az. - Parents claim Apache Junction Unified School District knew or should have known of its teacher Jonathan Krieger's sexual predations, but failed to stop him from raping their daughter.

Civil Rights

      ALBUQUERQUE - A woman claims Bernalillo County jail guard Eric Asbury raped her while she was detained.

Honduran Coup

     WASHINGTON - Parents whose son was killed by the Honduran military while protesting the 2009 coup that removed President Manuel Zelaya sued Honduras' post-coup de facto head of state Roberto Micheletti Bain for wrongful death and crimes against humanity.

Phoenix Police


     PHOENIX (CN) - Mistaking him for someone else, four Phoenix police officers beat a black bicyclist bloody, giving him a brain hemorrhage, a fractured eye socket and six broken ribs, then conspired to lie about it, Terry Daniels claims in Maricopa County Court.

Priestly Abuse

     SEATTLE - The Corporation of the Catholic Archbishop of Seattle claims Interstate Fire & Casualty Co. owes it $325 million indemnification for sexual-abuse lawsuits.