A man who was depicted as a terrorist in Sacha Baron Cohen’s movie “Bruno” sued Mr. Cohen and others for libel and slander in a lawsuit filed in the District of Columbia.  Ayman Abu Aita in seeks $110 million in damages from Cohen and other defendants, including David Letterman.

Wall St. Journal:  “Some three-and-a half-years ago, the LB blogged about a lawsuit filed by the University of North Dakota against the NCAA, fighting the NCAA’s directive that the school stop using ‘Fighting Sioux’ as its mascot.   The school was swimming against the tide of others that had, over the years, halted the practice of using Native Americans as mascots (see, e.g., Stanford, Arkansas State).   In a piece out Wednesday, the NYT updates the story, with details of a new lawsuit over the matter.”

Legal Blog Watch:  “ac·ri·mo·ni·ous di·vorce (ăk’rə-mō’nē-əs dĭ-vôrs):  A legal dissolution of a marriage accompanied by a request that the former spouse’s breast implants or donated organs be treated as marital assets. Okay, I made that definition up, but you must admit that things are getting a bit out-of-hand in divorce proceedings when the husband demands that the $5,500 spent on his wife’s breast implants be counted as marital assets, entitling him to additional property in the breakup (and then takes this claim to the state’s Supreme Court when the lower court mocks him).”

ABA Journal:  “The daughter of a woman killed in a car accident caused by a driver talking on his cell phone has sued the phone maker and the service provider, contending they should have provided better warnings about the dangers of talking and driving.”