Personal-injury lawsuits against the NYPD have "nearly doubled since 2001." As has the median payout.

Turns out you can't successfully sue a stand-up comedian for making fun of you.

Remember the "Black Widow" who appeared on The Real World: DC and called Andrew Pandahat's girlfriend "ugly?" She's suing MTV for $5 million and accusing the producers of invading her privacy and inflicting emotional distress.

Golzar Amirmotazedi is suing Viacom, MTV Networks, and Bunim/Murray Productions. She wants $50 million claiming her appearance on the show caused her public humiliation and emotional distress.

A California woman has filed a class-action lawsuit against the unaccredited Trump University claiming she was swindled into spending $60,000 on bogus seminars and a trip to Home Depot. Swindled by Donald Trump! Imagine that!

Tarla Makaeff filed this 34-page class-action suit against Donald Trump's Trump University. She says the real estate school took advantage of her and accused it of, among other things, fraud and false advertising.

Jersey Shore has always been guilty of being a guilty pleasure, but now the producers of the MTV show are being sued for supposedly running a "criminal enterprise," because they're "profiting" off of castmembers' fights.

Yes, there are bad interns in this world. But there are also bad internships. Like the one where the boss sends you a video of himself jacking off, allegedly.

Daniel Ruf died of "multi-organ system failure" while desperately exercising to join the Marines. His mother is now suing the recruiters, alleging they forced him to wear a "plastic suit" and work out in 100-degree-plus temperatures.

Audrey Ruf filed this six-page wrongful death suit alleging Marine Corps recruiters took her son to a local gym in Tracy, Calif., put him in a plastic body suit, and had him work out in 100-degree-plus temperatures.

Lil' Wayne's legal troubles continue, it seems. A record producer is suing the already imprisoned rapper (and blogger!), claiming Wayne's record company owes him $500,000 in royalties for "Lollipop," the 2009 Grammy winner for Best Rap Song.

Rebel Rock Productions filed this complaint against Lil' Wayne in Manhattan federal court claiming Wayne owes $500,000 in royalties.

Former NY1 reporter Adele Sammarco has lost her sexual harassment suit against NY1. (Predictably).

Andrew Cuomo, currently running for governor of our hearts (and, unofficially, for governor of the state of New York), has filed suit against New York State Senator Pedro Espada Jr. for being incredibly corrupt.

Breasts-in-the-media news: former NY1 reporter Adele Sammarco "loved to talk about her boobs," according to court coverage by our city's trashiest tabloid. But! Sammarco is suing NY1 over alleged boob-related harassment. What else have we learned about boobs today?

Here is a terrible, tragic story about the separation of an elderly gay couple by Sonoma County, California, the subsequent death of one member of that couple, and the auctioning of their property. A suit has been filed.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a civil suit against Goldman Sachs for inventing and selling a housing investment that was, allegedly, devised to fail and make the bank lots of money. How can God's work be wrong? [NYT]

In your woofin' Wednesday media column: Arianna Huffington's allotment of celebrity seats at the White House Correspondents Dinner is the greatest issue facing journalism in America, the National Enquirer was stiffed, BusinessWeek is clueless, and an alt-weekly loses.

World Net Daily—Michele Bachmann's favorite source of conspiracy theories—is suing the White House Correspondents' Association, because they've been barred from their annual dinner. No, wait, sorry—they were just given one table.

Former NY1 reporter Adele Sammarco is suing the news station, alleging that an environment of sexual harassment ruined her career there. Her case was strengthened yesterday when a former colleague revealed her butt-related nickname. But: insiders have their doubts.