Japanese Magicians Sue after Tricks Revealed on Television

Proprietary trade secrets -- such as pulling a rabbit out of a hat, guessing the the card you picked out of the deck, and making a coin appear from the ear of a brave young volunteer from the crowd -- have been callously revealed on Asian TV, just to bump ratings and turn a buck, while potentially sending hundreds of Japanese magicians into financial ruin, magicians so powerful that they depend on these trade secrets to sustain themselves.

The not-so-magic class action lawsuit seeks a whopping...$16,000? To be divided among 49 magicians? Quite a value theyr'e placing on those killer tricks of the trade. Good luck guys!

Thai King to Sue Google after Banning Youtube

In Thailand it is illegal to insult the King. That's why a derogatory clip on YouTube caused the whole service to be banned in Thailand, at the behest of the King and carried out by the recently installed Military Regime. Thailand knows they don't have the market clout like China, who can pull more more strings at Google. So Thailand is seeking to sue in International Court as early as this Friday. Good luck guys!

Korean Cleaners Taken to the Cleaners

A South Korean couple who own a dry cleaners in Washington D.C. screwed up by losing a client's pants. Too bad this client happened to be one an expert in torts: Judge Roy L. Pearson Jr. He's now suing them for a reasonable $65,462,500. It's not just the pants, claims the lawsuit. Stuff like emotional distress. It adds up, you know.

Even stranger is that those crazy Koreans thought they could get off easy by settling for $12,000, just a hair more than the total value of the suit, um, $1,100. Understandably, the judge is having none of it.

Virginia Tech Killings Prompt 6-Week Delay Trial of LA Gunman

Because of the "inflammatory nature" of the Virginia Tech massacre perpetrated by Seung-Hui Cho, a Los Angeles criminal defendant is having his trial delayed at least 6 weeks.

Raymond K. Yi, also of South Korean descent, is a sheriff's deputy in Los Angeles. In 2005, he showed his badge and pulled a gun on fellow golfers, threatening to shoot. His defense lawyer (the same man who defended the police who beat Rodney King) claims that Yi's safety really was at risk, while the golfers being threatened report something more like a dangerous emotional breakdown on the part of Yi.