NRDC Press Archive: Facing Lawsuit, Navy Declares Itself Above the Law in High-Intensity Sonar Fight (NRDC Worldview) LOS ANGELES (June 30, 2006) - With the U.S. Navy facing a lawsuit to stop its illegal use of high-intensity sonar in a massive practice exercise that began this week, the Pentagon today took the unprecedented step of declaring the military exempt from the basic law protecting whales, dolphins, and other marine mammals. [News Source]

Red Hat Faces Patent Lawsuit Over JBoss Software (GigaLaw.com) Red Hat has been hit by a patent lawsuit related to JBoss, just weeks after completing its purchase of the open-source software company. [News Source]

Microsoft faces lawsuit over ‘not-so-genuine’ Windows anti-piracy tool (EARTHtimes.org) Microsoft Corp has come under fire for its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) anti-piracy tool, which has been slammed as 'spyware'. Besides a class action lawsuit, the company is also facing allegations that it plans to make Windows XP unusable for users who don't install the WGA. [News Source]

Massachusetts class-action lawsuit targets Wal-Mart (WRGB) (Boston - AP) - A lawyer says that retail giant Wal-Mart has broken Massachusetts law more than 1 million times by shortchanging workers. The Boston Herald reports that a lawsuit filed last week in Middlesex Superior Court is one of Massachusetts largest class-action cases ever. [News Source]

Rainbow Family Considers Lawsuit Against Forest Service (The Denver Channel) STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. -- A founding member of a hippie movement called the Rainbow Family suggested Saturday that it launch a federal lawsuit against a growing crackdown on their annual gatherings. [News Source]

Teen’s Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit (KGBT 4 Rio Grande Valley) (AP) _ The family of a teenager killed by officers has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Brownsville Police and border authorities. Brownsville police and U-S Customs and Border Protection Agents [News Source]

Tenafly getting $10,000 in bulletproof vest lawsuit (NorthJersey.com) TENAFLY -- The Police Department has won a $10,220 settlement stemming from a class-action lawsuit that alleged bulletproof vests made with the material Zylon were defective. [News Source]

Navy sonar exercises to continue despite whale lawsuit (WAVY 10) WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Defense Department granted the Navy a national security exemption Friday for the use of sonar during a maritime exercise, sidestepping a lawsuit that sought to protect whales from the noise. [News Source]