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A sheaf of documents that a federal court forced the Treasury Department to release indicate there have been repeated complaints from American consumers who have been falsely linked to terrorism or drug trafficking during routine credit checks, the organization that sought the documents in a lawsuit said Tuesday. The more than 100 pages of documents released Monday to the organization, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights in San Francisco, include a variety of complaints about the list maintained by the Office of Foreign Asset Control in the Treasury Department, said Philip Hwang, a lawyer for the group. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

One of the young men who has accused the former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky of sexual abuse sought an injunction Wednesday to stop the Second Mile charity from transferring or divesting its assets. In court papers, the accuser said he and others planned to sue the charity, which was founded by Sandusky in 1977 and reported assets of more than $9 million last year. In the papers filed in a Pennsylvania state court, lawyers for the accusers also maintain that there are at least 11 people who have been victimized by Sandusky who have come forward and who will probably file civil claims against the Second Mile. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Lawyers for Tim Donaghy, the disgraced N.B.A. referee who is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday, argued in court papers filed Monday that his sentence should be limited because he had no control of his gambling habit. In the court papers, the lawyers presented an examination of Donaghy by a gambling treatment expert, who concluded that Donaghy was a pathological gambler who placed wagers because of his ''underlying need for 'action.' '' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A federal district judge in Brooklyn has asked the United States attorney's office there to review whether to pursue criminal contempt charges against a lawyer who revealed in court papers in 2010 the identity of a businessman who had pleaded guilty in an organized-crime case and cooperated with the government. After asking whether federal prosecutors would bring charges against the lawyer, the judge, Brian M. Cogan, said in a hearing on Monday, ''There is a possibility that if the government declines I may appoint someone'' to investigate, apparently referring to a private lawyer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The last remaining wrongful-death lawsuit stemming from the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has been resolved, according to a lawyer for the victim's family and court papers filed on Monday. The settlement brings to an end a wrenching legal battle in Federal District Court in Manhattan, where lawsuits had been filed on behalf of 85 people who were killed in the attacks and an additional 11 who were injured, court records show. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A list of witnesses who could be called to testify against Woody Allen, below, in his lawsuit against the clothing maker American Apparel is becoming as familiar and self-referential as the director's films. Reuters reported that in court papers filed on Monday, lawyers for Mr. Allen asked a court to prevent American Apparel from calling Soon-Yi Previn, his wife, and Mia Farrow, his former companion and Ms. Previn's mother, at a trial scheduled to begin in New York on May 18. Mr. Allen is suing American Apparel, asserting that it improperly used a still image of him from ''Annie Hall'' in billboards and online advertisements. A lawyer for American Apparel has said that he would bring up elements of Mr. Allen's personal history at the trial; the filmmaker's lawyers said the tactics were ''part of a brutish attempt to smear and intimidate Mr. Allen,'' according to Reuters. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

If the outcome of next week's presidential election is close, this precariously balanced state could be the place where the two parties begin filing the inevitable lawsuits over voting irregularities, experts say. The battles could be over the rules for a recount, or how to deal with voters who were not added to the rolls even though they registered properly and on time. Lawyers could fight over how to count the paper ballots used when the electronic machines break down, or whether a judge was correct in deciding to keep certain polls open late. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This article presents information on efforts undertaken by lawyers in the United States to get Mohammed Munaf, an American citizen who has been sentenced to death by an Iraqi court, come out of Iraq. Munaf was an accused of having involved in a conspiracy hatched to kidnap three Romanian journalists in Iraq. Munaf's Attorneys filed papers in a federal court in Washington in an attempt to prevent his transfer to the Iraqi government.