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The final update of 2007 is actually being published on the first day of 2008, and this post features a special selection of year-end content from the blogging legal community.

The end of an era, December 31, 2007 offers us these posts:

• Overview of key 2007 corporate and commercial decisions - Wilmington attorney Francis G.X. Pileggi of Fox Rothschild in his Delaware Corporate and Commercial Litigation Blog
• Acknowledging the end of 2007: why or why not? - Lancaster lawyer Michael Moore of Russell Krafft & Gruber in the firm's Pennsylvania Employment Law Blog
• Happy 2008 from New York disability attorneys - Turley, Redmond & Rosasco - New York attorney in his firm's New York Disability Law Blog
• Personal notes: happy new year from the Texas State & Local Tax Law Blog - Dallas lawyer Alan E. Sherman in his Texas State & Local Tax Law Blog
• Looking ahead to 2008 - PKF Texas director Greg price in his blog, From Greg's Head

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Today's update: brief, but featuring late-in-the-year legal news from attorneys around the world.

The highlights for December 30, 2007 include:

• Excluded provider may license technology to third party entity, OIG concludes - Ohio attorney Jayne Juvan in her blog, Juvan's Health Law Update
• Customs restrained from releasing Chanel fakes - Melbourne lawyer Nicholas Weston in his firm's Australian Trade Marks Law Blog
• Contracts with minors are voidable - Illinois attorney Alan Pearlman in his Chicago Family Law Blog
• Preventative handwashing limits pissed off passengers - Kansas State University professor Doug Powell in the International Food Safety Network's Barf Blog
• The forthright negotiator: Cerberus and United Rental - New York lawyer Geoffrey Parnass in his blog, the Private Equity Law Review
  

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It's the last Saturday in 2007, and we've got five prime selections from our corner of the legal blogosphere worth noting.

Our abridged weekend update for December 29, 2007 features these highlights:

• Law firm sustainability - Legal advisor Arnie Herz in his blog, Legal Sanity
• Appealing a Utah DUI from the Justice Court - Ogden lawyer Glen Neeley in his Utah DUI Trial Lawyer Blog
• Iowa caucus not for the night shift? - Des Moines attorney Rush Nigut of Sullivan & Ward in his blog, Rush on Business
• Lonely CROs - why pensions should care - Financial risk manager Susan Mangiero of Pension Governance in her blog, Pension Risk Matters
• Scruggs Nation, Day 31 [part 1] [part 2] - Portland lawyer David Rossmiller of Dunn Carney in his Insurance Coverage Law Blog

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Today is Friday, but the content continues to flow in the LexBlogosphere: it's just after noon, but dozens of blogging lawyers and attorneys have updated with entries covering a wide range of content.

The posts worth highlighting today, December 28 2007, include:

• Social Security disability abuse - Maryland attorney Dory Sutker of Greenberg & Bederman in the firm's Maryland Injury & Disability Law Blog
• Bio-excretion of smaller quantum dots - Washington, D.C. lawyer John C. Monica of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur in the firm's Nanotechnology Law Report
• New rule 5.2 formalizes privacy protections for e-filed documents - Milwaukee attorney Joe Wilson of Quarles & Brady in the firm's blog, E-Discovery Bytes
• ERISA preempts another one: striking down the San Francisco ordinance - Massachusetts lawyer Stephen D. Rosenberg if The McCormack Firm in his Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
• Make the DMZ an international peace park? More hope for the new year - Attorney-mediator Victoria Pynchon in her Settle It Now Negotiation Blog
• Medicare provides new definition of physical therapist assistant - Pennsylvania lawyer Michael Cassidy of Tucker Arensberg in the firm's Med Law Blog
• Medicaid reimbursement rule is now final - Pennsylvania attorney Karl A. Romberger, Jr. of Fox Rothschild in the firm's Education Law Blog
• Acts constituting a refusal - Red Bank lawyer Travis A. Tormey from the law office of John Marshall in their New Jersey Criminal Defense & DWI Blog
• PKF Texas: The Entrepreneur's Playbook: flex initiatives - PKF Texas director Greg Price in his blog, From Greg's Head
• ERC launches plan to make gas markets transparent, monitor price information - New Orleans attorney Lawrence J. Hand, Jr. of Kean Miller in the firm's Louisiana Law Blog
• A look at the Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006 - Illinois lawyer R. David Donoghue of DLA Piper in his Chicago IP Litigation Blog

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Another full update of worthy posts to highlight, which includes some strong writing from lawyers around the country.

The discussion in the LexBlogosphere on December 27, 2007 includes these posts:

• Recent tiger mauling brings back memories - Juliet Salette at LaBovick & LaBovick in the firm's LaBovick Injury Law Blog
• Gambling with the video game industry - The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Sheppard Mullin in the firm's Intellectual Property Law Blog
• Second safety warning on Fentanyl skin patch - Dallas lawyer Angel Reyes of Heygood, Orr, Reyes & Bartolomei in the firm's Angel Reyes Blog
• Two dead from listeria from Whittier Farms milk contamination in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts - Seattle attorney Bill Marler of Marler Clark in his Marler Blog
• Section 75 case dismissed - misconduct due to mental disability section 72 applies - Mineola lawyer Kevin P. Sheerin in his New York Civil Service Attorney Blog
• New North Carolina trust laws - Chapel Hill attorney Greg Herman-Giddens of TrustCounsel PA in the firm's North Carolina Estate Planning Blog
• Following the money trail in Zurich - New York lawyer Fred Abrams in his Asset Search Blog
• Court dismisses complaint v, Salvation Army as beneficiary of POD account - Miami attorney Juan Antunez of Stokes McMillan Maracini & Antunez in the firm's Florida Probate & Trust Litigation Blog
• Reefer madness: the truth about cannabis - Management consultant Cliff Mintz of BioInsights Inc. in his Bio Job Blog
• Internet radio reminder - no more aggregate tuning hour royalty after January 1 - Washington, D.C. attorney David Oxenford of Davis Wright Tremaine in the firm's Broadcast Law Blog

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Here's hoping everyone had a great Christmas, with plenty of fun and family time to make even the most professional, hard-working folks among us feel relaxed.

Getting back to the LexBlogosphere, the highlighted posts for December 26, 2007 include the following:

•  Move medical malpractice out of the courts? - New Hampshire lawyer David Austin of Burke & Eisner in the firm's Cerebral Palsy Law Blog
• Practice & procedure: the comptroller intends to add more administrative hearing decisions to the STAR database - Dallas attorney Alan E. Sherman in his Texas State & Local Tax Law Blog
• Wolf Greenfield deals humor to market IP law - Legal marketing specialist Larry Bodine in his Law Marketing Blog
• Are numbers protected expression? - Texas lawyer Ray Nimmer of the University of Houston Law Center in his Contemporary Intellectual Property, Licensing & Information Law Blog
• Plan sponsors win - beneficiaries over 65 lose - Financial risk manager Susan Mangiero of Pension Governance in her blog, Pension Risk Matters
• DEFRA publishes research report on manufactured nanomaterials - Washington, D.C. attorney Lynn Bergeson of Bergeson & Campbell in the firm's Nanotechnology Law Blog
  
• NLRB broadens employers' ability to ban union communications using corporate e-mail - Denver lawyer Philip Gordon of Littler Mendelson in the firm's Workplace Privacy Counsel Blog
• Is the party over? - Senior consultant Ronda Muir at Robin Rolfe Resources in her blog, Law People
• Judge Ervin co-authors amicus brief in support of petitioner in Murray - Orange Park attorney David A. McCranie in his Florida Workers' Compensation Law Blog
• Ends runs around the statute of limitations - Maryland lawyer Ron Miller of Miller & Zois at the Trial Law Resource Center
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A brief update today, as everyone begins settling down to celebrate the holidays. The strong posts keep coming.
 
The highlighted content for December 24, 2007 - Christmas Eve - includes:

• WV Health Care Authority dissolves stay of Carlyle-Manor Care buyout, but may still deny approval - Charleston attorney Jeffrey Mehalic in his West Virginia Business Litigation
• Lawyers suing lawyers - New York lawyer Peter A. Mahler of Farrell Fritz in his New York Business Divorce Blog
• Court will not dismiss PTO's deputy director - Illinois attorney R. David Donoghue of DLA Piper in his Chicago IP Litigation Blog
• Do you have ideas about changes to the civil rules? - Tennessee lawyer John Day of Day & Blair in his blog, Day on Torts
• Specific performance claim rejected - Wilmington attorney Francis G.X. Pileggi of Fox Rothschild in his Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog 

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A wide range of posts worth highlighting on this Sunday, as we move further and further into the holiday season.

It is December 23, 2007, and here are some of today's highlights:

• Maine court holds that emotional distress claims trigger additional BI limits - Mike Aylward of Morrison & Mahoney at the National Insurance Law Forum
• Can sub-prime be funny? Listen for the pension punchline - Financial risk manager Susan Mangiero of Pension Governance in her blog, Pension Risk Matters
• Middle East and North African insolvency - Recovery & insolvency partner Chris Laughton of Mercer & Hole in the English accounting firm's Insolvency Blog
• Skull session - Las Vegas attorney Tim Titolo in his Brain & Spine Injury Law Blog
• Still time for self-employed to establish retirement plan for 2007 - Retirement specialist Jerry Kalish of National Benefit Services Inc. in his Retirement Plan Blog

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As usual for our Saturday updates, today's post features a more limited selection than usual. It's getting closer and closer to Christmas, but our blogging clients continue to churn out posts, adding to the ongoing discussion that defines the legal blogosphere.

The abridged update for December 22, 2007 includes these posts:

• 3d DCA: Trust agreements trump power-of-attorney in probate litigation - Miami attorney Juan Antunez of Stokes McMillan Maracini & Antunez in the firm's Florida Probate & Trust Litigation Blog
• ASU to offer nanotechnology law class - Cleveland lawyer Patrick T. Lewis of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur in the firm's Nanotechnology Law Report
• The money pit - Tony Chan of Quarles & Brady in the firm's recently debuted blog, E-Discovery Bytes
• Lowest Unit Rates start today (December 22) for Super Tuesday primaries - Washington, D.C. attorney David Oxenford of Davis Wright Tremaine in the firm's Broadcast Law Blog
• Risk of cardiovascular events greater in winter: tips to be prepared - The blogging lawyers and attorneys at Regan Zambri & Long in the firm's D.C. Metro Area Medical Malpractice Law Blog

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After a brief hiatus, these daily updates have returned for the duration of 2007 and into 2008. To find highlights for the past two days (during which there have been no LexBlogosphere updates), see my post from earlier today.

The discussion in the LexBlogosphere on December 21, 2007 includes these updates:

• Genentech resolves its Avastin-Lucentis-macular degeneration case - Management consultant Cliff Mintz of BioInsights Inc. in his Bio Job Blog
• Premature citation: don't open '08 Complete 'til after Christmas - Attorney-mediator Victoria Pynchon in her Settle It Now Negotiation Blog
• Whistleblower takes his case to the web - Juliet Sallette at LaBovick & LaBovick in the firm's Whistleblower Law Blog
• China-Brazil trade hits US $12b in 6 months - Albert Xiques of Diaz Reus Rolff & Targ in the firm's ChinaLat Law Blog
• PKF Texas - The Entrepreneur's Playbook: Business Resolutions - Insurance - PKF Texas director Greg Price in his blog, From Greg's Head
• Trading Technologies v. eSpeed: post-trial update - Illinois attorney R. David Donoghue of DLA Piper in his Chicago IP Litigation Blog
• Calloway and Nelson podcasts offer marketing advice - Legal marketing specialist Larry Bodine in his Law Marketing Blog
• Winter safety tips for portable generators - The blogging lawyers and attorneys at Regan Zambri & Long in the firm's D.C. Metro Area Personal Injury Law Blog
• Scruggs Nation, day 23: the wire part II - Portland attorney David Rossmiller of Dunn Carney in the firm's Insurance Coverage Law Blog
• Chapter 12 tutorial part II: how Chapter 12 works - Bakersfield lawyer Terrence T. England of Klein Denatale Goldner in the firm's California Business Bankruptcy Blog

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Devotee readers will notice that these LexBlogosphere updates have been absent for the past couple of days; reason is, I had to undergo some unpleasant oral surgery and have been mostly sedated since the afternoon of the 18th.

But today I'm ready to get back to work. Since I missed two days of updates, here are some of the posts worth highlighting from the time I was gone.

From Wednesday, December 19, 2007:

• Central Iowa Blogga Nostra grows in popularity - Des Moines attorney Rush Nigut of Sullivan & Ward in his blog, Rush on Business
• English-only amendment blocked by U.S. House - Los Angeles lawyer Anthony Zaller of Van Vleck Turner & Zaller in the firm's California Labor & Employment Defense Blog
• Congress passes FOIA reform - The blogging constitutionalists at the American Constitution Society in their ACS Blog
• Dr. Charles Ray Jones reprimanded by state examiners - Milford attorney Michelle C. Laubin of Berchem Moses & Devlin in the firm's Connecticut Education Law Blog
• Mediators can attend Christmas parties - New Jersey lawyer Richard J. Webb of Healthcare Neutral in his Healthcare Neutral ADR Blog

• Declutter your business writing with Occam's razor - Communication consultant Lori Herz in her blog, Write for Clients
• Fake vomit is serious business - Kansas State University professor Doug Powell in the International Food Safety Network's Barf Blog
• FTC staff issues proposed self regulatory principles for behavioral advertising and seeks comment - Washington, D.C. attorney Timothy P. Tobin of Proskauer Rose in the firm's Privacy Law Blog
• Congressman Wynn introduces new whistleblower bill - Marshall Chriswell of the National Whistleblower Legal Defense & Education Fund in their Whistleblower Protection Blog
• City of Middletown wins summary judgment on First Amendment retaliation claim - Stamford attorney Daniel Schwartz of Epstein Becker & Green in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog

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LexBlogosphere updates will take a temporary hiatus for the next two days, as I will be entirely out of communication. We'll have a roundup of highlights from the missed days when I return Friday.

The posts highlighted for December 18, 2007 include:

• Sexual harassment of Santa Claus - what's an employer to do? - Stamford attorney Daniel Schwartz of Epstein Becker & Green in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog (this post was also picked up by Above The Law)
• Health insurance providers going after injury settlements - Juliet Sallette at LaBovick & LaBovick in the firm's Injury Law Blog
• Anonymous in Arizona? Maybe not - Los Angeles lawyer Jeremy Mittman of Proskauer Rose in the firm's Privacy Law Blog
• Florida will-drafting attorney at center of $1.5 million estate battle has law license suspended - Miami attorney Juan Antunez of Stokes McMillan Maracini & Antunez in his Florida Probate & Trust Litigation Blog
• Update on the 2007 term of the U.S. Supreme Court - Las Vegas lawyer Tami Cowden of Kummer Kaempfer in her blog, Appealing in Nevada
• Covered opinions under Circular 230 - Texas attorney Jack Howell of Sprouse Shrader Smith in the firm's Tax Law and Business Organization Strategy Domain Blog
• Bringing Medicare to the settlement table is not so easy - New Jersey lawyer Richard J. Webb of Healthcare Neutral in the firm's Healthcare Neutral ADR Blog
• Senate passes S.274, a whistleblower protection law for federal employees - Marshall Chriswell of the National Whistleblower Legal Defense & Education Fund in their Whistleblower Protection Blog
• Prepaid Legal Services: is it worth it? - Liz Overton at Sullivan & Ward in the firm's Iowa Law Blog
• Bill seeking broadcast performance royalty introduced in Congress - Washington, D.C. attorney David Oxenford of Davis Wright Tremaine in the firm's Broadcast Law Blog
  

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Hot on the heels of our Sunday update, today we start off the week with a fresh batch of legal news.

Some of the posts we're highlighting for December 17, 2007 include the following:

• Does divorce impact the environment? - Birmingham attorney Steven D. Eversole in his Alabama Divorce & Family Law Attorney Blog
• The road not studied - Sacramento lawyer Joel Ellinwood of Abbott & Kidermann in the firm's Land Use Law Blog
• Glaxo falters again - Management consultant Cliff Mintz of BioInsights Inc. in his Bio Job Blog
• Appeals court unsettles $18 million agreement between freelancers and publishers - Seattle attorney Hozaifa Cassubhai of Davis Wright Tremaine in the firm's Privacy and Security Law Blog
• Does Seagate signal the end of bifurcated patent trials, and caution against procuring opinions of counsel? - Washington, D.C. lawyer Brian Wm. Higgins of Blank Rome in his Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog
• AARP Homeowner Survey - reverse mortgage - Massachusetts attorney John Gosselin of Gosselin & Associates in the firm's Law For Life Blog
• Eighth Circuit refuses to enforce Arkansas noncompete agreement - Little Rock lawyer Kevin Lemley of the Allen Law Firm in their Arkansas Business Litigation Blog
• Joke of the day: UGA professor David Hazinski proposes "certification" of "citizen journalists" - Atlanta attorney Scott Riddle in his Georgia Bankruptcy Law Blog
• Again, cancel your Yellow Pages ad - Legal marketing specialist Larry Bodine in his Law Marketing Blog
• 2007 letter to pension Santa - Financial risk manager Susan Mangiero of Pension Governance in her blog, Pension Risk Matters 

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Didn't get a chance to throw this post out yesterday, so here it comes - a bit delayed, but still capturing the pulse of the LexBlogosphere.

The discussion taking place December 16, 2007 includes these posts:

• Happy 5th birthday, Creative Commons! - California attorney Cathy Kirkman of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in her Silicon Valley Media Law Blog
• Disparity in sentencing for crack cocaine offenders: the U.S. Supreme Court speaks - Florida lawyer Ron Chapman in his Palm Beach Criminal Defense Blog
• Avoid probate of equity refunds from continuing care communities - Chapel Hill attorney Greg Herman-Giddens of TrustCounsel PA in his North Carolina Estate Planning Blog
• Critical issues for retailers in vertical mixed-use projects - California attorney Alan Aronson of Aronson Light in the firm's Commercial Real Estate Update
• Strange brew: rock stars, experts, and class actions - Texas lawyer Cliff Hutchinson of Hughes & Luce in his blog, Science Evidence
  

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Today's brief update features posts from clients across the country and around the world, from Portland to Virginia to Melbourne, Australia. Not bad for a Saturday afternoon.

Our limited weekend update for December 15, 2007 includes these highlights:

• Scruggs Nation, day 17: Jones v. Scruggs revisited - Portland attorney David Rossmiller of Dunn Carney in the firm's Insurance Coverage Law Blog
• Understanding political broadcasting - questions and answers about the law, rules and policy governing broadcasters in an election year - Washington, D.C. lawyer David Oxenford of Davis Wright Tremaine in the firm's Broadcast Law Blog
• Questions for the IP blawgosphere at the Sheppard Mullin IP Blog - Attorney-mediator Victoria Pynchon at the IP ADR Blog
• Poor workmanship by contractors - Virginia Beach lawyer Greg Montero of Inman & Strickler in the firm's Virginia Condominium & Homeowner's Association Law Blog
• Upcoming trade marks conferences - Melbourne attorney Nicholas Weston in his firm's Australian Trade Marks Law Blog

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Rounding out the week with another selection of prime posts from around the LexBlogosphere, featuring firms both big and small.

The continuing discussion on December 14, 2007 includes the following fine posts:

•  A DWI trial "win" is all relative - Texas lawyer Hunter Biederman in his Frisco DWI Lawyer & Attorney Blog
• 10 brain fitness myths - Las Vegas attorney Tim Titolo in his Brain & Spine Injury Law Blog
• Fans: friend or foe? - The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Sheppard Mullin in the firm's Intellectual Property Law Blog
• Responding to the EEOC and state agency discrimination charges: five things every HR generalist should know - Lancaster attorney Michael Moore of Russell Krafft & Gruber in his Pennsylvania Employment Law Blog
• What to do when you receive a bankruptcy preference demand letter - Lawrenceville lawyer Robyn Nolan Howlett of Stark & Stark in the firm's New Jersey Law Blog
• Privilege claims must be supported by specific facts - Illinois attorney R. David Donoghue of DLA Piper in his Chicago IP Litigation Blog
• Rebutting the presumption of competence - Philadelphia lawyer Mark Jakubik of The Jakubik Law Firm in his Pennsylvania Estate Planning Blog
• After Kakani v. Oracle are "claims made" class settlements obsolete? - Los Angeles attorney Brian Van Vleck of Van Vleck Turner & Zaller in the firm's California Labor & Employment Defense Blog
• Restrictions on defenses - Shrewsbury lawyer Travis Tormey of The Law Office of John Marshall in their New Jersey Criminal Defense & DWI Blog
• When you really want to have a child - Philadelphia attorney Jane E. Lessner of Fox Rothschild in the firm's Pennsylvania Family Law Blog
  

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Today's update features a few of the blog addicts we highlight quite often, as well as some less frequent bloggers finally making their return to the blogosphere after a temporary hiatus.

The discussion taking place around the country on December 13, 2007, as brought to you from our office in rainy Seattle:

• Retirement plans & age discrimination - Somerville attorney Frank Steinberg of the Steinberg Law Offices in his New Jersey Employment Law Blog
• Immigration issues - Salt Lake City lawyer Matt Fankhauser of Strong & Hanni in the firm's Utah Business, Real Estate & Estate Planning Blog
• One more thing hurting your credit score - The editor at Total Bankruptcy in their Bankruptcy Blog
• 401(k) plan sponsors asking "what's next?" - Retirement planning specialist Jerry Kalish of National Benefit Services Inc. in his Retirement Plan Blog
• Memorial and burial arrangements - The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Hull & Hull in the firm's Toronto Estate Law Blog
• Texas tax reform: when digital files will be treated as "goods" under the "cost of goods sold" deduction - Dallas lawyer Alan E. Sherman in his Texas State & Local Tax Law Blog
• Review: Lloyd's new nano insurance report - Washington, D.C. attorney John C. Monica of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur in the firm's Nanotechnology Law Report
• Authorized House Counsel rules - Connecticut companies should ensure in-house counsel comply with new rules starting January 1, 2008 - Stamford lawyer Daniel Schwartz of Epstein Becker & Green in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• Salmonella cases in Arizona, California, Idaho and Nevada - The blogging lawyers and attorneys at Pritzker Ruohonen in the firm's Food Poisoning Law Blog
  
• Making sense of the Manhattan real estate market: not an easy task - New York real estate broker Douglas Heddings in his blog, True Gotham

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Another mid-week update today, featuring posts from around the country...and one from a French lawyer working in Proskauer Rose's Paris office.

Today is December 12, 2007, and some of the posts in the LexBlogosphere this afternoon include the following:

• Settle It Now joins the Forbes.com Business and Finance Network - Attorney-mediator Victoria Pynchon in her Settle It Now Negotiation Blog
• Texas Breach of Fiduciary Duty law: mere silence can constitute breach - Dallas lawyer Robert Wood of Hughes & Luce in the firm's Texas Non-Compete Law Blog
• Cost to restore inaccessible backup tapes exceeds possible yield of relevant information - The blogging lawyers & attorneys at K & L Gates in the firm's Electronic Discovery Law Blog
• Ninth Circuit finds insured's claim for diminution in the sale value of contaminated properties not covered under CGL policy - Portland attorney Diane Polscer at the National Insurance Law Forum
• Medicare liens: can personal injury lawyers do anything about them? - Maryland lawyer Ron Miller at the Trial Law Resource Center
• Hillary Clinton weighs in on Social Security backlog - Greensboro attorney Joel Davis of The Deuterman Law Group in the firm's North Carolina Workers' Compensation Law Blog
• Focus on the EU and France - can U.S. employers collect sensitive data about their employees residing in the EU? - Paris lawyer Cecile Martin of Proskauer Rose in the firm's Privacy Law Blog
• Talkin' with Tom Gies, counsel for the respondents in LaRue - Massachusetts attorney Stephen D. Rosenberg of The McCormack Firm in his Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
• Liability for failure to trim bushes and trees - Tennessee lawyer John Day of Day & Blair in his blog, Day on Torts
• Additional quality of care concerns - Lara Pettiss Harrill at Poliakoff & Associates in the firm's South Carolina Nursing Home Blog

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Today's update features news from around the country, covering a range of practice areas from injury law to IP litigation.

Discussions in the LexBlogosphere on December 11, 2007 include these posts:

• Ho-ho-ho...contractor hired to audit the naughty - New Jersey attorney Helen Oscislawski of Fox Rothschild in the firm's HIPAA Health Law Blog
• Social security changes - Silver Spring lawyer Dory Sutker of Greenberg & Bederman in the firm's Maryland Injury & Disability Law Blog
• SEC targets securities fraud with help from FBI - Minneapolis attorney Chris Grgurich of Lindquist & Vennum in the firm's Over Reg'd: Corporate Securities Regulation & Litigation Resource Blog
• Bribing the judge to be considered as a factor in awarding equitable distribution - New York attorney Daniel E. Clement in his blog, the New York Divorce Report
• Year end collections - does it help or hurt your marketing efforts? - Legal marketing specialist Tom Kane of Kane Consulting Inc. in his Legal Marketing Blog
• Res judicata bars relitigation of 1938 Buras Levee District lease's validity - New Orleans attorney Cheryl Kornick of Liskow & Lewis in the firm's Energy Law Blog
• Sexual harassment: settlement in the Knicks case - Somerville lawyer Frank Steinberg in his New Jersey Employment Law Blog
• Judge Dow joins the Northern District Bench - Illinois attorney R. David Donoghue of DLA Piper in his Chicago IP Litigation Blog
• Water bottle blues - Food safety blogger Gerald Pugliese in Dr. Joel Fuhrman's blog, Disease Proof
• Forensic evidence: blood splatter analysis admitted - Texas lawyer Cliff Hutchinson of Hughes & Luce in his blog, Science Evidence

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Another Monday in Seattle, and for the first time in as many months as I can recall we've kicked off the week with sunshine and blue skies. It's still only 35 degrees, but beggars can't be choosers...

Some of the conversations taking place on the LexBlogosphere on December 10, 2007 include:

• Supreme Court rules in sentencing guidelines cases - The blogging constitutionalists at the American Constitution Society in their ACS Blog
• Expert rules tighten in medical malpractice cases - Lisa Siegel of Katz Stepp & Miller in the firm's Georgia Injury Law Blog
• Have you made resolutions for your business in 2008? - PKF Texas director Greg Price in his blog, From Greg's Head
• Uh oh, here we go again - U.S. falls further behind in science education - Management consultant Cliff Mintz of Bio Insights Inc. in his Bio Job Blog
• We decided to divorce; do I want the house? - Philadelphia attorney Jacqueline G. Segal of Fox Rothschild in the firm's Pennsylvania Family Law Blog
• How the condo board stole Christmas: restricting the display of holiday decorations - Lawrenceville lawyer Jonathan H. Katz of Stark & Stark in the firm's New Jersey Law Blog
• The end of an era? - Business specialist Gary Farnes of Mercer & Hole in the English accounting firm's SME Plus Blog
• Traditional Knowledge Digital Library - The Blog Editor at IP.com's recently launched blog, Securing Innovation
• FBI raids Joey Langston's office - Portland lawyer David Rossmiller of Dunn Carney in the firm's Insurance Coverage Law Blog
• DOJ dropping criminal charges against whistleblower - Marshall Chriswell of the National Whistleblower Legal Defense & Action Fund in their Whistleblower Protection Blog

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Another day, another batch of posts to highlight on this otherwise dreary Sunday afternoon.

Some discussions occurring in the LexBlogosphere on December 9, 2007:

• Manor Care/Carlyle seek to close deal, but regulatory scrutiny has resulted in delays - Cleveland attorney Jayne Juvan of Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aranoff in her blog, Juvan's Health Law Update
• Fannie Mae reduces pension benefits - Financial risk manager Susan Mangiero of Pension Governance in her blog, Pension Risk Matters [technically published yesterday, but a good post]
• How often should you review your estate plan? - Philadelphia lawyer Mark Jakubik of The Jakubik Firm in his Pennsylvania Estate Planning Blog
• WV health care authority will reconsider proposed purchase of nursing homes - Charleston attorney Jeffrey Mehalic in his West Virginia Business Litigation Blog
• 401(k) automatic enrollment or how to overcome employee inertia - Retirement specialist Jerry Kalish of National Benefit Services Inc. in his Retirement Plan Blog

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As is always the case for our weekend legal updates from the LexBlogosphere, today features five selections instead of 10.

The abridged post for December 8, 2007 includes these highlights:

• Colorado group fails on appeal - full court messes with the Fink - Melbourne attorney Nicholas Weston in his firm's Australian Trade Marks Law Blog
• Pediatric group issues winter safety tips for kids and parents - The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Regan Zambri & Long in the firm's D.C. Metro Area Medical Malpractice Law Blog
• Should governor seek opinion of Delaware Supreme Court? - Wilmington attorney Francis Pileggi of Fox Rothschild in his Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
• Senators ask Bush for greater food safety funding - Seattle lawyer Bill Marler of Marler Clark in his Marler Blog
• Read the fine print: what does your managed care agreement say about ADR? - New Jersey attorney Richard J. Webb of Healthcare Neutral in his Healthcare Neutral ADR Blog
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Another week comes to an end today, as we draw closer and closer to 2008. And the wheel continues to turn.

On to the selection of great posts in the LexBlogosphere published on November 7, 2007:

• California sues U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, seeks permission to enforce own standards regulating greenhouse gas emissions - Los Angeles attorneys Olivier F. Theard and Maria J. Gangemi of Sheppard Mullin in the firm's Real Estate & Construction Law Blog
• Year end bonuses & gifts: watch out for wage & hour mistakes - Lancaster lawyer Michael Moore of Russell Krafft & Gruber in the firm's Pennsylvania Employment Law Blog
• Bullying resources at state Department of Education - Milford attorney Michelle C. Laubin of Berchem Moses & Devlin in the firm's Connecticut Education Law Blog
• Sean Taylor case and the felony murder doctrine - Shrewsbury lawyer Travis Tormey from The Law Office of John F. Marshall in their New Jersey Criminal Defense & DWI Blog
• Slips on ice - Silver Spring attorney Jason Fernandez of Greenberg & Bederman in the firm's Maryland Injury & Disability Law Blog
• Inheritances: can I keep my money? - Philadelphia lawyer Judy McIntire Springer of Fox Rothschild in the firm's Pennsylvania Family Law Blog
• Is the Scruggs scandal a legacy of the policies of Mike Moore, Jim Hood? - Portland lawyer David Rossmiller of Dunn Carney in the firm's Insurance Coverage Law Blog
• First Circuit hears oral argument on allocation issues - Boston attorney Michael Aylward of Morrison & Mahoney at the National Insurance Law Forum
• How associates become rainmakers - Legal marketing expert Larry Bodine in his Law Marketing Blog
• What can I do to advance creative freedom AND artistic control? - Attorney-mediator Victoria Pynchon in the IP ADR Blog

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Today's update comes a bit later than usual, and as a result features some clients who aren't normally featured. Check them out below.

The posts coming in for today, December 6 2007, include these:

• Court dismisses indictment against Stolt-Nielsen - Los Angeles attorney Carlton A. Varner of Sheppard Mullin in the firm's Antitrust Law Blog
• The role of the Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board - Pennsylvania lawyer Joel Bolstein of Fox Rothschild in the firm's Pennsylvania Brownfields & Environmental Law Blog
• Foreclosure crisis affecting assessment increases - Molly Foley-Healy of HindmanSanchez in their blog HOA Legi-Slate
• Australia and New Zealand food standards agency begins review of nanotechnology - Washington, D.C. attorney Lynn Bergeson of Bergeson & Campbell in the firm's Nanotechnology Law Blog
• Here's why you pursue a cerebral palsy case - New Hampshire lawyer David Austin of Burke & Eisner in the firm's Cerebral Palsy Law Blog
• USDA offers food safety tips for mailing food gifts this holiday season - The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Pritzer Ruohonen in the firm's Food Poisoning Law Blog
• Weekly newswire December 6, 2007 - The blogging lawyers & attorneys at McKenna Long & Aldridge in the firm's RFID Law Blog
• Toxic tort: creatine and dehydration - general causation rejected - Dallas attorney Cliff Hutchinson of Hughes & Luce in his blog, Science Evidence
• Who's the daddy? Answers now in a box! - Texas lawyer Shannon Cavers in her Houston Divorce & Family Law Blog
• Avoid home equity scams - Pennsylvania lawyer Scott Landis of Barley Snyder in the firm's Pennsylvania Litigation Blog

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Today's news from the LexBlogosphere includes posts on divorce resources, the Do-Not-Call list, the tribulations of co-op board rejections and much more.

The legal discussion for December 5, 2007 includes these updates:

• Your divorce - you do have alternatives - New Jersey lawyer Bob Durst of Stark & Stark in the firm's New Jersey Law Blog
• Nacre v. Silynx (or QuietPro v. QuietOps): garnering lots of attention - Washington, D.C. attorney Brian Wm. Higgins of Blank Rome in his Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog
• Video visitation and other electronica - Dallas lawyer Jimmy Verner of Verner & Brumley in the firm's North Texas Divorce & Family Law Blog
• FTC announces "crackdown" on Do-Not-Call violators - Washington, D.C. attorney Ronald G. London of Davis Wright Tremaine in the firm's Privacy & Security Law Blog
• Medicaid recoupment based on lack of medical necessity not permitted if based on review of billing records alone - Baton Rouge lawyer Linda Rodrigue of Kean Miller in the firm's Louisiana Law Blog
• The agony of a co-op board rejection - New York real estate broker Douglas Heddings in his blog, True Gotham
• Rice Alliance announces 2008 Business Plan Competition dates - PKF Texas director Greg Price in his blog, From Greg's Head
• Non-doms - book now to avoid disappointment - Mercer & Hole partner Lisa Spearman in the English accounting firm's Tax Plus Blog
• When should a doctor speak out? - Tennessee attorney John Day of Day & Blair Attorneys in his blog, Day on Torts
• Delaware Bankruptcy Court opts out of newly amended rule 3007's procedures for omnibus claim objections - San Francisco lawyer Bob Eisenbach of Cooley Godward Kronish in his In The (Red) Business Bankruptcy Blog 

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Good news from all over the blogosphere today, with clients from across the country entering the ongoing conversation and chiming in with their take on all realms of the law.

The discussion taking place December 4, 2007 includes these posts:

• Liberty Mutual seeks Supreme Court review in Steadman case - Orange Park attorney David A. McCranie in his Florida Workers' Compensation Law Blog
• Court directs unsatisfactory rating be removed from teacher's record - Mineola lawyer Kevin P. Sheerin in his New York Civil Service Attorney Law Blog
• Wall Street Journal Law Blog interview - Portland attorney David Rossmiller of Dunn Carney in his Insurance Coverage Law Blog (check this post out; David is today's featured blogger at the WSJ Law Blog. Congratulations, David)
• Non-Delaware lawyers can be sued in Delaware for giving advice on Delaware law - Wilmington lawyer Francis G.X. Pileggi of Fox Rothschild in his Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
• Spin life policies - a $30 billion market - Texas attorney Angel Reyes of Heygood, Orr, Reyes & Bartolomei in his Angel Reyes Blog
• Inclement weather policies: don't get lost in the storm - Lancaster lawyer Michael Moore of Russell Krafft & Gruber in the firm's Pennsylvania Employment Law Blog
• "Probationary" periods for new employees may put at-will employment at risk - Stamford attorney Daniel A. Schwartz of Epstein Becker & Green in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• Denney: "What's hot and what's not in the legal profession" - Legal marketing expert Tom Kane of Kane Consulting Inc. in his Legal Marketing Blog
• Women board members are where the money is - Consultant Ronda Muir of Robin Rolfe Resources in her blog, Law People
• A chink in Genentech's armor - Management consultant Cliff Mintz of BioInsights Inc. in his Bio Job Blog 

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The first week in December has begun, and like racehorses at the sound of a starting gun, our blogging lawyers have already shot through the gate.

The discussion continues with the new week, and December 3, 2007 brings us these updates:

• Bloodborne pathogen standard compliance resources - Pennsylvania attorney Michael Cassidy of Tucker Arensberg in the firm's Med Law Blog
• California Supreme Court agrees to hear "administrative exemption" case - The blogging lawyers and attorneys at Sheppard Mullin in the firm's Labor & Employment Law Blog
• Scientists: brain injuries from war worse than thought - Las Vegas attorney Tim Titolo in his Brain & Spine Injury Law Blog
• Location, location, location determines market performance - New York real estate broker Douglas Heddings in his blog, True Gotham
• Lack of inspections for unclean hospitals and nursing homes - Spartanburg lawyer Ray Mullman of Poliakoff & Associates in the firm's South Carolina Nursing Home Blog
• AFL-CIO gets it wrong on workers' rights - again -  New Jersey attorney Brian Caufield of Fox Rothschild in the firm's Employee Free Choice Act Blog
• Nevada Sup. Ct. conducts hearing on proposed rules for sealing cases - Las Vegas lawyer Tami Cowden of Kummer Kaempfer Bonner Renshaw & Ferrario in her blog, Appealing in Nevada
• Reverse mortgages - mortgages are mortgages, right? - Massachusetts attorney John Gosselin of Gosselin & Associates in the firm's Law For Life Blog
• Norwegian town feels housing pinch - The editor from Total Bankruptcy in their Bankruptcy Blog
• Review: "Size Matters: Regulating Nanotechnology," Harvard Environmental Law Review - Washington, D.C. lawyer John C. Monica of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur in the firm's Nanotechnology Law Review 

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The snow that blanketed Seattle all through last night has melted away, replaced with our usual dose of rain. It was fun while it lasted...

Now, for the discussion taking place December 2, 2007:

• The deannuitization of defined benefit pension plans - Retirement planing specialist Jerry Kalish of Retirement Benefit Services Inc. in his Retirement Plan Blog
• White-collar crime & a former top cop - New York attorney Fred Abrams in his Asset Search Blog
• New York Times suggests top law firms seem absolutely irrational - Edge International's Gerry Riskin in his blog Amazing Firms, Amazing Practices
• Compensation for the wrongly convicted - Texas lawyer Jamie Spencer in his Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog
• Georgia Supreme Court strikes sex offender residency prohibition as illegal taking - The blogging constitutionalists at the American Constitution Society in their ACS Blog

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It's been snowing in Seattle for the past couple of hours, a bit of a departure from our usual weather here. The heavy stuff stopped around 4...but it's still coming down, at least in my neighborhood.

The news for December 1, 2007 includes these posts:

• Updated breach notification laws - Los Angeles attorney Clifford Davidson of Proskauer Rose in the firm's Privacy Law Blog
•  Astor lawyer Morrissey accused of numerous improprieties - Garden City lawyer Phil Bernstein in his New York Probate Litigation Blog
• Pigs get fat but hogs get slaughtered - Des Moines attorney Rush Nigut of Sullivan & Ward in his blog, Rush on Business
• It's not just about the money - Edge International's Rob Millard in his blog, Adventure of Strategy
• American Conference Institute - food-borne illness litigation - Seattle lawyer Bill Marler of Marler Clark in his Marler Blog

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