Jury in Michael Jackson Lawsuit Hears Pop Star’s Telephone Messages (WPVI-TV Philadelphia) Jurors in a civil lawsuit against Michael Jackson on Wednesday heard increasingly frantic phone messages that the singer left for a business associate, demanding action on projects including a collaboration with actor Marlon Brando and the release of a charity recording. [News Source]

NRDC Press Archive: Sonar Lawsuit Settlement: Navy Will Limit Needless Harm to Whales (NRDC Worldview) LOS ANGELES (July 7, 2006) - Conservation and animal welfare groups today reached a settlement in a hard-fought lawsuit against the U.S. Navy that will reduce needless harm to whales, dolphins and other marine life caused by high-intensity, mid-frequency sonar used during massive international war games now underway in waters off of Hawaii. [News Source]

San Marcos puts building code lawsuit on hold (North County Times) SAN MARCOS ---- The city has put on hold a lawsuit against Rey and Linda Rodriguez after the San Marcos couple submitted plans to make compliant a controversial room addition that violated building codes, a lawyer representing the city said Thursday. [News Source]

Cingular Wireless Refutes Lawsuit Filed by the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (SYS-CON Media) Cingular Wireless today refuted the points made in a lawsuit filed against the company by the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights. [News Source]

Trial Begins In Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against University Hospital (WAVE 3 Louisville) Attorneys made opening statements Friday in a wrongful death civil trial against University Hospital and two local doctors. The lawsuit claims the hospital and medical team made critical mistakes in the operating room that cost 40-year-old Jennifer Beglin her life in the operating room. WAVE 3's Anne Marshall reports. [News Source]

Cingular Wireless refutes lawsuit claims (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Cingular Wireless, one of the largest U.S. mobile phone carriers, on Friday refuted claims in a lawsuit that it misled and overcharged some customers, and said it is considering coutersuing. [News Source]

Cingular Disputes Claims in Lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Cingular Wireless LLC Friday rebutted allegations, made in a lawsuit, that it misled and overcharged millions of cell-phone users when it bought AT&T Wireless. [News Source]

UAH, Nektar Therapeutics settle patent lawsuit (al.com) HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — The University of Alabama in Huntsville has settled a patent infringement lawsuit it filed against Nektar Therapeutics and a former UAH professor for $25 million. [News Source]

UAH, Nektar Therapeutics settle patent lawsuit (WTVM 9) HUNTSVILLE, Ala. The University of Alabama in Huntsville has settled a patent infringement lawsuit against Nektar Therapeutics and a former UAH professor for 25 (M) million dollars. [News Source]

Madigan files lawsuit against Liberty Mutual Insurance (Crane’s Chicago Business) (Crain's) -- Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. has been charged by the Illinois Attorney General's office with deceiving Illinois customers as part of the state's nearly two year probe into the business practices of the insurance industry. Atty. General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit Thursday in Cook ... [News Source]