A month ago, I suggested suing over the government's illegal wiretaps, and collecting massive amounts of cash via the damages provision. Today the EFF filed exactly this lawsuit. W00t!
However, they didn't sue the government, they sued AT&T Corp, a private company that collaborated on the wiretaps. This is actually rather clever. The wiretap laws apply equally to government and private entities, but some of the damage provisions don't apply to the government. Also, suing the government is difficult in general, there are issues of sovereign immunity.
I asked one of the lawyers on the case why they picked this particular
company to sue, when it seems likely that many companies had collaborated.
He said they had specific information about AT&T Corp's collaboration,
and if information later shows up about other companies, they can
certainly be added to the lawsuit.