Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 2/1/08

The first day in February, and the blogosphere is moving quickly. Firms large and small from across the country have updated their blogs today, offering insights on everything from environmental to bankruptcy law.

• Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) amended to protect military families – The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Sheppard Mullin in the firm’s Labor & Employment Law Blog
• Energy efficiency measures bill introduced by Representative Kerr – Colorado attorney Loura K. Sanchez of HindmanSanchez in the firm’s HOA Legi-Slate Blog
• Waiving attorney-client privilege: patent opinions developed by in-house engineers, patent agents and attorneys – Washington, D.C. lawyer Brian Wm. Higgins of Blank Rome in his Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog
• PADEP planning outreach on UECA – Warrington attorney Joel Bolstein of Fox Rothschild in the firm’s Pennsylvania Brownfields & Environmental Law Blog
• Tales from the Canadian health care system – Las Vegas lawyer Tim Titolo in his Brain & Spine Injury Law Blog
• Texas taxes in brief: the January 2008 issue of The Tax Policy News is out; also, a sneak preview of the Comptroller’s soon-to-be-revamped web site – Dallas attorney Alan E. Sherman in his Texas State & Local Tax Law Blog
• DurstNotes on Divorce Law – #1 – Lawrenceville lawyer Bob Durst of Stark & Stark in the firm’s New Jersey Law Blog
• For companies whose data security practices are lacking, life is [not so] good – Washington, D.C. attorney Brendon M. Tavelli of Proskauer Rose in the firm’s Privacy Law Blog
• Building a model for a defensible reduction-in-force – Ohio lawyer Mike Underwood of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur in the firm’s Employer Law Report
• Northern District Chief Judge Bihary comments on rising bankruptcy and foreclosure rates – Atlanta attorney Scott Riddle in his Georgia Bankruptcy Law Blog