As a cultural icon, film director Woody Allen has few modern peers. But is his image, used briefly in ads for the clothing company American Apparel in New York and Los Angeles, worth $10 million? That's the question a jury will be asked to answer in a trial set to begin Monday in Manhattan federal district court. The tabloid-ready case pits Allen against a company best known for its risqu� ads and the alleged sexual escapades of its founder, Dov Charney.

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that a justice on West Virginia's highest court must recuse himself from a case involving coal man Hugh Caperton left Bruce Stanley facing a very different bench on Tuesday in his third time before the court.

Thanks to the Madoff meltdown, the term "feeder fund" has officially become part of our vocabulary. In this context, it refers to funds that poured billions of dollars into the mysterious black hole known as Bernard L. Madoff Securities. And, not surprisingly, those funds have been sued by their investors for allegedly abdicating their responsibilities.

The case against hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam, who filed a 32-page response to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, will be keeping a lot of lawyers preoccupied over Thanksgiving.