Even though a Manhattan judge ruled two weeks ago that the hedge funds couldn't execute judgment against Argentine pension fund assets held in Citi accounts, he left in place an order freezing the $800 million. Aurelius is hoping Jeff Lamken can persuade the Second Circuit to keep the money frozen.

Lawrence Powers and his tiny company SITI-Sites made bold accusations that the patent aggregator and the telecoms were teaming up to drive down the value of tech patents. There was one big problem, though: Powers wasn't harmed by the conspiracy he alleged.

Harley International, which pulled almost half a billion dollars out of Bernard Madoff's securities firm in the three months before the Ponzi King's arrest, never even made an appearance in the bankruptcy court case.