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Here we are, at the doorstep of another month with another batch of legal updates. It's the usual game plan this afternoon: ten posts, from Austin to Miami and back again, covering diverse issues from across the legal spectrum.

• Three steps for improving your legal writing - Austin attorney D. Todd Smith in his Texas Appellate Law Blog
• Hunt vs. Hunt: the fight inside Dallas' wealthiest families - Miami lawyer Juan Antunez of Stokes McMillan Maracini & Antunez in his Florida Probate & Trust Litigation Blog
• Courthouse referendum defeated: what's next? - Iowa attorney Rush Nigut of Brick Gentry in his blog, Rush on Business
• How does title impact property division in a Minnesota divorce? - Anoka lawyer Jason C. Brown of the Brown Law Offices in their Minnesota Divorce & Family Law Blog
• Who cares what judges think? - Greensboro attorney Mack Sperling of Brooks Pierce in his blog, the North Carolina Business Litigation Report
• Big pharma and biotech assail U.S. patent laws - Management consultant Cliff Mintz of BioInsights Inc. in his Bio Job Blog
• Greek island seeks to bar gay women from using the term "lesbian" - Attorney-mediatory Victoria Pynchon at the IP ADR Blog
• Is free will simply an illusion? Disturbing new research into the brain suggests that man has no control over his own destiny - Las Vegas lawyer Tim Titolo in his Brain & Spine Injury Law Blog
• More info on energy bill - Colorado attorney Loura K. Sanchez of HindmanSanchez in the firm's blog, HOA Legi-Slate
• Retracting false accusations - Texas lawyer Jamie Spencer in his Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog

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Today's update comes significantly later in the afternoon than usual, which means that there are a few - but not too many - new faces in the mix. From equines to energy religious express, the discussion continues full steam ahead.

• Patent Office will accept new application format - Washington, D.C. attorney Brian Wm. Higgins of Blank Rome in his Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog
• College expenses: who pays? - New Jersey lawyer Jennifer Weisberg Millner of Fox Rothschild in the firm's NJ Family Legal Blog
• What if potential buyer does not return horse after trial period? - Texas attorney Alison Rowe in her Equine Law Blog
• Hearing religious expression in the public schools - Edward Correia, adjunct professor at the Washington College of Law at American University, guest blogging at the American Constitution Society's ACSBlog
• One firm that really gets it - Legal marketing expert Tom Kane of Kane Consulting Inc. in his Legal Marketing Blog
• FDA rejects Merck's new cholesterol medication - Management consultant Cliff Mintz of BioInsights Inc. in his Bio Job Blog
• But why are Houstonians so easily shocked? - Texas attorney Jamie Spencer in his Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog
• GAO testifies before Senate Subcommittee on the accuracy of data concerning federally funded EHS research - Washington, D.C. lawyer Lynn Bergeson of Bergeson & Campbell in the firm's Nanotechnology Law Blog
• Looks like it was Chipotle customers making other customers sick with Hepatitis A - The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Marler Clark in the firm's Hepatitis Blog
• Wing energy part 6 - tax abatement issues - Texas attorney Jack Howell of Sprouse Shrader Smith in the firm's Tax Law and Business Organization Strategy Domain

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It's Monday, and we're here to offer up ten blog posts - a random sample of the current state of the legal blogosphere, with each article covering a different realm of the law. When you're presented with this much discussion, readers everywhere are bound to find something they'd want to subscribe to.

• Judicial dissolution of the unprofitable LLC - New York attorney Peter A. Mahler of Farrell Fritz in his New York Business Divorce Blog
• Positive changes for F-1 students with "STEM" degrees - Texas lawyer Bob Kraft of Kraft & Associates in his Immigration Law Answers Blog
• Insurance companies practice deny & delay tactics - Marketing director Grace Kanoy at the Deuterman Law Group in their North Carolina Workers' Compensation Law Blog
  
• Texas companies top Fortune 500 list - PKF Texas director Greg Price at his blog, From Greg's Head
• Ability grouping: issues and concerns? - Pennsylvania attorney Karl Romberger of Fox Rothschild in the firm's Education Law Blog
• North Carolina slips in U.S. Chamber's ranking of state court systems for business - Greensboro lawyer Mack Sperling of Brooks Pierce in his blog, the North Carolina Business Litigation Report
• JD Supra contributors featured in the Sunday New York Times - Aviva Cuyler of JD Supra in the legal resource site's companion blog, JD Scoop
• Kudos to Freeport - Texas lawyer Hunter Biederman in his Frisco DWI Lawyer & Attorney Blog
• Wearing the bulls-eye: the compliance officer as line supervisor - Minneapolis attorney Jon Harris of Lindquist & Vennum in the firm's OverReg'd Corporate Securities Regulation & Litigation Resource Blog
• Update on East Coast airspace redesign litigation - Costa Mesa lawyer Steven Taber of Chevalier, Allen & Lichman in the firm's Aviation & Airport Development Law Blog

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We've got a batch of unfamiliar faces included in today's update...some blogs that are frequent bloggers but for whatever reason are often overlooked for our daily LexBlogosphere posts. Today is Sunday, and it's their day to shine.

• Recent Chapter 11 filings: Verso Technologies, Inc. and related companies file Chapter 11 in Northern District - Atlanta lawyer Scott Riddle in his Georgia Bankruptcy Law Blog
• AARP homeowners survey - reverse mortgage - Massachusetts attorney John Gosselin of Gosselin & Associates at his Law For Life Blog
• New legislation supports homeowner use of alternative energy devices - Denver lawyer Suzanne Leff of Winzenberg Leff Purvis & Payne in the firm's Colorado Homeowners Association Law Blog
• North Carolina probate not too bad? think again... - Chapel Hill attorney Greg Herman-Giddens of TrustCounsel PA in his North Carolina Estate Planning Blog
• Free bankruptcy research tool available online - San Francisco lawyer Bob Eisenbach of Cooley Godward Kronish at his In The (Red) Business Bankruptcy Blog

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It's Saturday again, which means it's time to find five posts from the legal blogging community worth highlighting. Luckily that wasn't much trouble today, as there's quite a few folks contributing to the conversation. We thought the following posts were noteworthy:

• No contract gives video-production company control of Wal-Mart videos - Charleston attorney Jeffrey Mehalic in his West Virginia Business Litigation Blog
• Consumer Action Handbook updated for 2008 - The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Regan Zambri & Long in the firm's D.C. Metro Area Personal Injury Law Blog
• Is the maximum sentence the same as getting off easy? - Texas attorney Jamie Spencer at his Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog
• The unique relationship between client's and lawyers: the lawyer's view - Chicago lawyer Patrick J. Lamb at his blog, In Search of Perfect Client Service
• Military medical malpractice: Feres unfair? - The blogging constitutionalists at the American Constitution Society in their ACSBlog

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So the call has made. As the Editor of Blawg Review alerted me as the story broke, actor Wesley Snipes - whose case I've been following in these daily updates lately - has been sentenced to the maximum of three years in prison. Meanwhile, some news from the rest of the legal community:

• 36 crimes that cannot be sealed or expunged in Florida - Florida attorney Ron Chapman in his West Palm Beach Criminal Lawyer Blog
• Report says Mylan executive did not earn MBA - Charleston lawyer Jeffrey Mehalic in his West Virginia Business Litigation Blog
• Proposed changes to withdrawal liability - New York attorney Keith McMurdy of Fox Rothschild in the firm's Employee Benefits Legal Blog
• A vessel under construction is (still) NOT a vessel - New Orleans lawyer Michael J. O'Brien of Kean Miller in the firm's Louisiana Law Blog
• User generated content fraught with risk in Europe - Seattle attorney Kraig Baker of Davis Wright Tremaine in the firm's Technology, eBusiness & Digital Media Law Blog
• Legislative update: Senate passes Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act - Los Angeles lawyer Daniel Turner of Van Vleck Turner & Zaller in the firm's California Labor & Employment Defense Blog
• Will lawyers adopt to social networking? - Legal marketing expert Ed Poll in his LawBiz Blog
• NNI estimate of federal EHS research funding off by 18% - Washington, D.C. attorney John C. Monica, Jr. of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur in the firm's Nanotechnology Law Report
• Roast beef associated with 14 cases of E. coli in Sarpy County, Nebraska - The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Pritzker Ruohonen in the firm's Food Poisoning Law Blog
• California views on U.S. fuel efficiency plan sour - San Francisco journalist Dennis Pfaff, writing in Thelen's Climate Law Update

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As mentioned yesterday, today is the day of judgment for actor Wesley Snipes in his tax evasion case. I haven't heard anything on the outcome yet, but rest assured that Thomas Withers - who has been covering Snipes' legal woes at his Federal Criminal Defense Blog - will be on top of it when news breaks. Meanwhile, check out the work of ten other authors.

• Coverage for wrongful evictions extends to persons, not organizations - New York attorney Kevin Merriman of Ward, Norris, Heller & Reidy at the National Insurance Law Forum
• Passage of time is change of circumstances for parenting time modification - Roseland lawyer Eric S. Solotoff of Fox Rothschild in the firm's NJ Family Legal Blog
• Subcontractor's contractual indemnity obligation to contractor for EIFS damage not covered by indemnity provisions of Texas Product Liability Act - The blogging lawyers and attorneys at K & L Gates in the firm's Construction Law Blog
• Want a new FM station? - the FCC offers to help find one - Washington, D.C. attorney David Oxenford of Davis Wright Tremaine in the firm's Broadcast Law Blog
• Marital home sales: when the mortgages and debts exceed the selling price - New York lawyer Daniel Clement at his blog, the New York Divorce Report
• Business estate planning & charitable giving - Iowa attorney Rush Nigut of Brick Gentry at his blog, Rush on Business
• Is your pet a family member subject to shared "parenting"? - Florida lawyer Danny Meek in his Pet Trust Law Blog
• The amount of thought that goes into passing a law - Texas attorney Jamie Spencer at his Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog
• New penalties for errors on tax returns and documents - Mercer & Hole's Lisa Spearman in the English accounting firm's Tax Plus Blog
• Manhattan real estate: sorting through the media - New York real estate broker Douglas Heddings at his blog, True Gotham
  

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Corporate fraud, coastal restoration and Wesley Snipes - who, as Tom Withers notes, faces sentencing tomorrow - are just some of the topics of discussion in the news on this Wednesday. See the full batch of ten below.

• Corporate fraud - FBI speaks out - Financial risk manager Susan Mangiero of Pension Governance in her blog, Pension Risk Matters
• House votes to close code of ethics loophole on contracts performed outside the United States - Pennsylvania attorney Michael Payne of Payne Hackebracht & Sullivan in the firm's Federal Construction Contracting Blog
• John Barry states federal government should pay for coastal protection and restoration in Louisiana - Baton Rouge lawyer Erich Rapp of Kean Miller in his Louisiana Coastal Wetlands Blog
• PCAST's second NNI assessment - Washington, D.C. attorney John C. Monica, Jr. of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur in the firm's Nanotechnology Law Report
• Managing employees with personal financial problems - Lancaster lawyer Michael Moore of Russell, Krafft & Gruber in the firm's Pennsylvania Employment Law Blog
• 30 day reprieve on filing franchise tax returns under the new law - Texas attorney Jack Howell of Sprouse Shrader Smith in the firm's Tax Law & Business Organization Strategy Domain Blog
• Reforms to improve the Spanish economy - Spanish tax barrister Fernando Del Canto at his blog, Tax Precision
• Malpractice plaintiff obtains peer review records - Pennsylvania lawyer Michael Cassidy of Tucker Arensberg in the firm's Med Law Blog
• NJ Legislature to consider applying the Franchise Practices Act to "mobile" franchises - Lawrenceville attorney John E. MacDonald of Stark & Stark in the firm's New Jersey Law Blog
• Snipes sentencing tomorrow - no defense sentencing memo - Georgia lawyer Tom Withers of Gillen, Withers & Lake in his Federal Criminal Defense Blog

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Below you'll find today's sampling of the legal blog climate. From probate fights to fence-based debacles to the New York carriage industry, we've got a diverse wealth of posts to quench your thirst for legal news this Tuesday.

• Planning to avoid probate fights - Arizona attorney Stephen Follett in his Arizona Estate Planning & Probate Blog
• "Joint employers" of staffing agency employees liable for FMLA violations - San Francisco lawyer Alison Tsao of Carlton DiSante & Freudenberger in the firm's California Labor & Employment Law Blog
• Good fences make good neighbors, but bad fences make appellate opinions - Sacramento attorney Janell M. Bogue of Abbott & Kindermann in the firm's Land Use Law Blog
• Lawyers core competency - must we specialize or be incompetent? - Legal marketing specialist Ed Poll in his LawBiz Blog
• Interpretation of retirement for 4228 and employee benefit plans - New York lawyer Cailie Currin in her LIfe Insurance Compliance & Regulation Law Blog
• Should the carriage ride industry in New York City be banned? - Texas attorney Alison Rowe in her Equine Law Blog
• Texas property tax: another case involving an agreement between an owner's agent and an appraisal district as to a property's appraised value - Dallas lawyer Alan E. Sherman in his Texas State & Local Tax Law Blog
• Hot document: New Jersey Supreme Court rules Internet subscribers have privacy interest in anonymity - JD Supra's Aviva Cuyler in their legal resource blog, JD Scoop
• Negotiate with your head, not your heart - Attorney-mediator Victoria Pynchon in her Settle It Now Negotiation Blog

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Welcome back to the working week, with another group of legal news updates from around the country. From Fred Abrams on identity theft to Franck Wobst on the FMLA, the web is already alive with legal conversations.

• Fourth Circuit allows Massey lawsuit against WV Supreme Court to proceed - Charleston attorney Jeffrey Mehalic in his West Virginia Business Litigation Blog
• 50% shareholder may not sue other 50% shareholder in company's name - New York lawyer Peter Mahler of Farrell Fritz in his New York Business Divorce Blog
• A tax fraud & identity theft from Miami - New York attorney Fred Abrams in his Asset Search Blog
• E-filing is serious business - Bakersfield lawyer Terrence T. Egland of Klein Denatale Goldner in the firm's California Business Bankruptcy Blog
• On discovery problems and solutions - Massachusetts attorney Stephen Rosenberg of The McCormack Firm in his Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
• FERC approves request related to West Coast renewable transmission project - San Francisco journalist Dennis Pfaff, writing for Thelen's Climate Law Update
• Estate planning: what to live for - Massachusetts lawyer John Gosselin of Gosselin & Associates in the firm's Law for Life Blog
• Claim that LLC made unlawful distributions was derivative, not direct - Greensboro attorney Mack Sperling of Brooks Pierce in his blog, the North Carolina Business Litigation Report
• FMLA update - are you posted? - Ohio lawyer Franck Wobst of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur in the firm's Employer Law Report
• Required mentoring for new lawyers - what do you think? - Washington, D.C. attorney Carolyn Elefant at her blog, My Shingle

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Today is Sunday, bringing us another batch of five noteworthy posts from the LexBlogosphere. A lot of clients are updating their blogs today, which is not normal procedure for a Sunday...but you won't see us complaining. And for all you Georgia bankruptcy lawyers, make sure to check out the LinkedIn group mentioned by Scott Riddle.

• Is your pet still personal property? - Florida attorney Danny Meek in his Pet Trust Law Blog
• China proposes life in prison for food poisoning customers - Seattle lawyer Bill Marler of Marler Clark in his Marler Blog
• LinkedIn: new group for bankruptcy lawyers in Georgia - Atlanta attorney Scott Riddle in his Georgia Bankruptcy Law Blog
• Class action opt-outs: the impact of competition on securities lawsuit resolution - Ohio lawyer Kevin LaCroix of OakBridge Insurance Services in his blog, The D & O Diary
• Comments on localism proceeding due APril 28; Congress chimes in - Washington, D.C. attorney Brendan Holland of Davis Wright Tremaine in the firm's Broadcast Law Blog

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It's time for another Saturday update, bringing together five more posts from our corner of the legal blogosphere. From Miami to Washington D.C. to Texas, the coverage is widespread and diverse. Take a look at the posts we consider noteworthy, below.

• Disbarred NY lawyer sentenced after admitting to stealing from grandparents trust fund - Miami attorney Juan Antunez of Stokes McMillan Maracini & Antunez in his Florida Probate & Trust Litigation Blog
• CDC: poor vaccine to blame for the worst flu season in three years - the blogging lawyers & attorneys at Regan Zambri & Long in the firm's DC Metro Area Medical Malpractice Law Blog
• How do same sex couples divorce? They don't in Texas - Texas lawyer Shannon Cavers in her Houston Divorce & Family Law Attorney Blog
• Beginning of the end of the recession - Legal marketing specialist Larry Bodine in his Law Marketing Blog
• Is a clickwrap agreement enforceable? - Chicago attorney Sam Conforti in his Software Licensing & Master Service Agreements Blog
  

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As is often the case on Friday, the majority of content published in the LexBlogosphere is from that same batch of devoted attorneys, those folks who post religiously and on a near-daily basis. Some of the usual suspects are highlighted below.

• Patent reform bill stalled in Senate - Los Gatos attorney Kristie Prinz in her California Biotech Law Blog
• Parents: what's in your head? - Arizona lawyer Stephen Follett in his Arizona Estate Planning & Probate Blog
• Court flushes away disability claim; finds that toilet-training book for kids not enough to create hostile work environment - Hartford attorney Daniel Schwartz of Pullman & Comley in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog (Note: Dan's post was also picked by the WSJ Law Blog this afternoon - Ed.)
  
• Amateur speculators and investors influence housing markets - New York real estate broker Douglas Heddings at his blog, True Gotham
• Negotiating with terrorists: choosing your bargaining partners - Attorney-mediator Victoria Pynchon in her Settle It Now Negotiation Blog
• Deponent can materially change deposition testimony during the reading and signing process -  Greensboro lawyer Mack Sperling of Brooks Pierce in his North Carolina Business Litigation Report
• Mumps: childhood disease makes comeback on college campuses - The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Regan Zambri & Long in the firm's D.C. Metro Area Medical Malpractice Law Blog
• Alaska, a leader in pet trusts - Florida attorney Danny Meek in his Pet Trust Law Blog
• Mississippi Supreme Court asked to interpret anti-concurrent cause in interlocutory appeal - Portland lawyer David Rossmiller of Dunn Carney in the firm's Insurance Coverage Law Blog
• Pfizer proves that biggest is not always best - Management consultant Cliff Mintz of BioInsights Inc. in his Bio Job Blog
  

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Multiple discussions in the legal blogging community on this Thursday, including a couple - highlighted at the bottom of this post - detailing the foolishness of exposing personal data on YouTube. Coupled with eight more news updates we've handpicked, that makes today a busy day for legal news junkies.

• Make those arguments: don't "incorporate by reference" - Walnut Creek attorney Kimberly Amick of Archer Norris in the firm's California Appellate Law Blog
• Former CHRO regional manager - rebuffed by U.S. Supreme Court - files another lawsuit in U.S. District Court - Hartford lawyer Daniel Schwartz of Pullman & Comley in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• Texas franchise tax: The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Meadwestvaco Corp. and the unitary business principle under the revisex Texas franchise tax - Dallas attorney Alan E. Sherman in his Texas State & Local Tax Law Blog
• Taxation of fuel provided to compression service operators at no cost - New Orleans lawyer Cheryl Kornick of Liskow & Lewis in the firm's Energy Law Blog
• A climate change policy with no teeth - Texas law professor Victor B. Flatt in the University of Houston Law Center Faculty Blog
• Does anyone have the name of a good lawyer? - Kansas attorney William Statler of Statler Legal Services in his Death Care Compliance Law Blog
• Immigration agents arrest nearly 300 at Pilgrim's Pride plants - Texas lawyer Bob Kraft of Kraft & Associates in his Immigration Law Answers Blog
• Botched executions to continue - Megan McCracken, consultant to the U.C. Berkeley School of Law's Death Penalty Clinic, guest blogging at the American Constitution Society's ACS Blog

• Details of a divorce in YouTube video - New York lawyer Daniel E. Clement in his blog, the New York Divorce Report
• The YouTube divorce video - Spartanburg attorney J. Benjamin Stevens of Stevens MacPhail in his South Carolina Family Law Blog

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Here's our news roundup for this Wednesday, a mid-week batch of content from across the geographic and legal spectrums. From retirement planning to Wesley Snipes expected prison sentence, interesting discussion is everywhere.

• Who has the richest retirement plan in America, the CTA or the MBTA? - Retirement planning specialist Jerry Kalish of National Benefit Services, Inc. in his Retirement Plan Blog
• Court rules on a smorgasbord of IP claims - Illinois lawyer R. David Donoghue of DLA Piper in his Chicago IP Litigation Blog
• The Fake Bad Scale and malingering claims - Las Vegas attorney Tim Titolo in his Brain & Spine Injury Law Blog
• Government's sentencing memo in Snipes - 36 months - Georgia lawyer Thomas Withers of Gillen, Withers & Lake in the firm's Federal Criminal Defense Blog
• Food safety in Canada put in danger by daffy decision - The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Marler Clark in the firm's Food Poison Blog
• Speaking at the Las Vegas Writer's Conference - Las Vegas attorney Tami Cowden of Kummer Kaempfer at her blog, Appealing in Nevada
• Patent Office to consider appeal of ruling which voided patent rule changes - Los Gatos lawyer Kristie Prinz in her California Biotech Law Blog
• Should I plead to a metabolite DUI? - Ogden attorney Glen Neeley in his Utah DUI Trial Lawyer Blog
• A change of custom for customs: the proposed change to the First Sale Rule - The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Sheppard Mullin in the firm's Fashion & Apparel Law Blog
• Bush weighs in on greenhouse gas reductions, critics rip effort - San Francisco journalist Dennis Pfaff in Thelen Reid's blog, the Climate Law Update

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Our usual batch of news today is complemented by another few posts detailing the outcome of Miller v. MacDonald, which sparked discussion among some bloggers in the LexBlogosphere. More information on that is available at the bottom of this update (after the usual 10 posts of news highlights).

• Defense attorneys sanctioned for obstructing forensic inspection of defendant's computer servers - The blogging lawyers & attorneys at K & L Gates in the firm's Electronic Discovery Law Blog
• Appeals Court clears way for physician lawsuit against MCO - Pennsylvania lawyer Todd Rodriguez of Fox Rothschild in the firm's Physician Law Blog
• "Shotgun Questionnaire" - an important tool in food liability defense - Seattle attorney Kenneth Odza of Stoel Rives in the firm's Food Liability Law Blog
• Article lists the 28 laws waived to build Hidalgo County border fence - Texas lawyer Bob Kraft of Kraft & Associates in his Immigration Law Answers Blog
• Federal Trade Commission announces settlement with TJX over inadequate security practices -  Washington, D.C. attorney Brendon Tavelli of Proskauer Rose in the firm's Privacy Law Blog
• Targeted ads are creepy to consumers - Seattle lawyer Kraig Baker of Davis Wright Tremaine in the firm's Technology, eBusiness & Digital Media Law Blog
• Should in-house counsel stick with big firms on appeal? - Austin attorney D. Todd Smith in his Texas Appellate Law Blog
• The top 10 interview questions that you hate to answer - Management consultant Cliff Mintz of BioInsights Inc. in his Bio Job Blog
• Starting non-conventional solo practices and a free marketing call - Washington, D.C. lawyer Carolyn Elefant in her blog, My Shingle
• Update on Florida Insurance Wars, April 15 - Portland attorney David Rossmiller of Dunn Carney in the firm's Insurance Coverage Law Blog

• at his Bankruptcy Litigation Blog, Chicago attorney Steve Jakubowski of The Coleman Law Firm breaks down Francis' post in bullet form and provides links to a slew of Francis' other bankruptcy-related posts; and
• Texas attorney Sean McCaffity of Rochelle, Hutcheson & McCullough offers his take on the Miller outcome at the firm's blog Property of the Estate

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Once again we start the week with a batch of news sure to get legal news junkies excited: from the Miss USA competition to the Family Medical Leave Act to racially-motivated business decisions, a wide range of legal topics are covered in today's selected posts.

• DuPont loses post-trial motions in medical monitoring and property damage class action - Charleston lawyer Jeffrey V. Mehalic in his West Virginia Business Litigation Blog
• Appellate court enforces stock buyback triggered by dissolution petition - New York attorney Peter A. Mahler of Farrell Fritz in his New York Business Divorce Blog
• Beauty pageant winner also entrepreneur - Iowa lawyer Rush Nigut of Brick Gentry in his blog, Rush on Business
• Family Medical Leave Act amended as part of National Defense Authorization Act - Baton Rouge attorney Theresa R. Hagen of Kean Miller in the firm's Louisiana Law Blog
• Allstate makes controversial "McKinsey" documents public on website - Juliet Sallette at LaBovick & LaBovick in the firm's LaBovick Injury Law Blog
• Employers must be careful when using race in business decisions - Somerville lawyer Frank Steinberg in his New Jersey Employment Law Blog
• A message to taxpayers: pay or be prosecuted - Georgia attorney Anthony Lake of Gillen, Withers & Lake in the firm's Federal Criminal Defense Blog
• Ten success secrets from top (non-starving) mediators - Attorney-mediator Victoria Pynchon in her Settle It Now Negotiation Blog
• Husband required to pay child support for artificially inseminated child - New York lawyer Daniel Clement in his blog, the New York Divorce Report
• China: the next India for IT outsourcing? - Chicago attorney Sam Conforti in his Software Licensing & Master Service Agreements Blog

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It may be Sunday, but that hasn't stopped the five authors below from sitting down and cranking out content for their blogs. From South Carolina to Costa Mesa, California, these attorneys are working around the clock to bring the latest legal news to your RSS reader.

• SmartAdvocate new case management system on the block - Myrtle Beach attorney David Swanner in his South Carolina Trial Law Blog
• Nanotechnology award - Ohio lawyer Michael E. Heintz of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur in the firm's Nanotechnology Law Report
• Fiduciary liability: Seventh Circuit upholds Arhutr Anderson's insurer's coverage denial - Ohio attorney Kevin LaCroix of OakBridge Insurance Services at his blog, The D & O Diary
• Group of concerned cities, companies and citizens files comments regarding EPA's proposed General Conformity revisions - California lawyer Steven Taber of Chevalier, Allen & Lichman in the firm's Aviation & Airport Development Law Blog
• Alabama man gets 100 year sentence for DUI crash - Birmingham attorney Steven D. Eversole in his Alabama DUI & Criminal Defense Law Blog

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Our weekly Saturday update, abridged and ready for action, features news from our usual wide range of attorneys. Here are the five posts we felt were most noteworthy this afternoon.

• Criminalizing normal teenage behavior - Texas lawyer Jamie Spencer in his Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog
  
• DWI cases: heavy drinkers, binge drinkers, and inexperienced drinkers all share the blame - The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Regan Zambri & Long in the firm's D.C. Metro Area Personal Injury Law Blog
• Attorney penalized for not keeping current with court technology - Wilmington attorney Francis G.X. Pileggi of Fox Rothschild in his Delaware Corporate and Commercial Litigation Blog
• Parenting time & adolescents: guidelines from the Minnesota Supreme Court - Minneapolis lawyer Jason Brown of the Brown Law Offices in his Minnesota Divorce & Family Law Blog
• TXI's safety policy is "no safety" - Dallas attorney Angel Reyes of Heygood, Orr, Reyes, Pearson & Bartolomei in his Angel Reyes Blog

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An end of the week update today, to wrap things up as we move into the weekend (and a slowdown in blogging activity). The news keeps on coming this afternoon, from cities like Atlanta, Bakersfield, Boston and New York.

• PwC releases 2007 Securities Litigation Study - Ohio attorney Kevin LaCroix of OakBridge Insurance Services in his blog, The D & O Diary
• Tyson seeks Supreme Court review of working time definition - New Jersey lawyer Mark Tabakman of Fox Rothschild in their Wage & Hour - Development & Highlights Blog
• Product liability suit fails against anti-depressant manufacturer - Atlanta attorney Robert N. Katz of Katz, Stepp & Miller in his Georgia Injury Law Blog
• What happens when ERISA and the law of insurance coverage collide? - Massachusetts lawyer Stephen Rosenberg of The McCormack Firm in his Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
• Bits, bytes and potential pitfalls: what all lawyers need to know about electronically stored information - Bakersfield attorney Terrence T. Egland of Klein DeNatale Goldner in the firm's California Business Bankruptcy Blog
• Negotiating law firm happiness: partnership compensation - Attorney-mediator Victoria Pynchon in her Settle It Now Negotiation Blog
• Company not liable for employee assault - Ohio lawyer Darin Van Vlerah of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur in the firm's Employer Law Report
• Offshore bank accounts in Liechtenstein - New York attorney Fred Abrams at his Asset Search Blog
• Landlords beware: options to purchase commercial property strictly adhered - Lawrenceville lawyer Thomas S. Onder of Stark & Stark in the firm's New Jersey Law Blog
• Medicare deaths - Tennessee attorney John Day of Day & Blair in his blog, Day on Torts

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Though not as busy a day as yesterday, we're still seeing a good flow of content this afternoon. Thursday's news features updates from the Pacific Northwest to the East Coast, with a few scattered entries in between.

• Reaction to Fifth Circuit's Broussard opinion - Portland attorney David Rossmiller of Dunn Carney in the firm's Insurance Coverage Law Blog
• Washington, D.C. hat trick - Seattle lawyer Bill Marler of Marler Clark in his Marler Blog
• Fee consternation from corporate counsel - Legal marketing expert Tom Kane of Kane Consulting Inc. in his Legal Marketing Blog
• Why it's important to own your IP - even when it's not obvious - Seattle attorney Kraig Baker of Davis Wright Tremaine in the firm's Technology, eBusiness & Digital Media Law Blog
• MED-ARB: the best of both worlds? - New Jersey lawyer Richard J. Webb of Healthcare Neutral in his Healthcare Neutral ADR Blog
• Auction Rate Securities sales in regulators' cross-hairs - Minneapolis attorney Chris Grgurich of Lindquist & Vennum in the firm's OverReg'd Corporate Securities Regulation & Litigation Blog
• Academia: a feudal system that is running on empty - Management consultant Cliff Mintz of BioInsights Inc. in his Bio Job Blog
• Recession won't hurt nursing home profits - Spartanburg lawyer Ray Mullman of Poliakoff & Associates in the firm's South Carolina Nursing Home Blog
• International tort amendment found unconstitutional - Ohio attorney Jeffrey Weber of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur in the firm's Employer Law Report
• EHP includes nanoparticles correspondence and article regarding nanotubes - Washington, D.C. lawyer Lynn Bergeson of Bergeson & Campbell in the firm's Nanotechnology Law Blog

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For some reason there was a lot more blog content produced today than most other Wednesdays. The upswing in content doesn't appear to be due to a particularly important legal development, which leaves us wondering what compelled so many bloggers - including a few who haven't written in a while - to offer new insights.

• What it takes to be a great trial lawyer - part 11: the courage to tell the client the truth - Tennessee attorney John Day of Day & Blair in his blog, Day on Torts
• Two suppliers - a single supply? - Mercer & Hole's Jane Stacey in the English accounting firm's SME Plus Blog
• 24/7/365 legal culture detracts from lawyers' roles in family & community - Georgia lawyer Ken Shigley in his Atlanta Injury Law & Civil Litigation Blog
• Texas tax enforcement: the additional 50% penalty for fraud or intent to evade a tax can be imposed on an estimated tax liability - Dallas attorney Alan E. Sherman in his Texas State & Local Tax Law Blog
• Rice Business Plan Competition wrap-up - Greg Price of PKF Texas in his blog, From Greg's Head
• Post-script: company updates its website regarding workplace poster - Hartford lawyer Daniel Schwartz of Pullman & Comley in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• "Show me" eminent domain in Missouri - Florham Park attorney Bill Ward of Carlin & Ward in his New Jersey Eminent Domain Law Blog
• New baby equals less billables for women; more for men - Las Vegas lawyer Tami Cowden of Kummer Kaempfer at her blog, Appealing in Nevada
• Infants & toddlers: successful parenting time suggestions - Minneapolis attorney Jason C. Brown of the Brown Law Offices in his Minnesota Divorce & Family Law Blog
• IPCC expert sees need, as do others, for government backing of energy research - San Francisco journalist Dennis Pfaff in Thelen Reid's Climate Law Update

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News, commentary and analysis...all three make their appearance in today's LexBlogosphere update, once again gathering news from around the country from a range of legal realms. Ten posts worth highlighting are below.

• An off hours law practice is an on point idea - Washington, D.C. attorney Carolyn Elefant at her blog, My Shingle
• Injured consumers, prescription drugs, and getting your day in court - The blogging constitutionalists at the American Constitution Society in their ACSBlog
• Silicon Valley group renews opposition to nanoscale materials - Washington, D.C. attorney John C. Monica, Jr. of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur in the firm's Nanotechnology Law Report
• What LaRue wrought - Massachusetts lawyer Stephen Rosenberg of The McCormack Firm in his Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
• Are you interviewing your clients? - Legal marketing specialist Tom Kane of Kane Consulting Inc. in his Legal Marketing Blog
• Louisiana air toxics regulations revised by LDEQ - Baton Rogue attorney Kyle B. Beall of Kean Miller in the firm's Louisiana Law Blog
• Insurance company branding in NY - New York lawyer Cailie Currin in her Life Insurance Compliance & Regulation Law Blog
• U.S. Supreme Court declines to enforce arbitration provision setting forth grounds for judicial review of arbitration award - New Orleans attorney Cheryl Kornick of Liskow & Lewis in the firm's Energy Law Blog
• Inadequate preservation efforts necessitate restoration and production of email from backup tapes, and forensic search of CEO's laptop - The blogging lawyers & attorneys at K & L Gates in their Electronic Discovery Law Blog
• Electronic workplace: dangers & pitfalls - Iowa attorney Rush Nigut of Brick Gentry at his blog, Rush on Business

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A bounty of fresh news to start the week with today...a week that, as the attorneys from Regan Zambri & Long point out, is officially dubbed "Work Zone Awareness Week." No stone remains unturned in today's post: Wesley Snipes, anonymous comments, and air passenger rights are just a sample of the offering.

•  A good case with a bad client is a bad case - Myrtle Beach attorney David Swanner in his South Carolina Trial Law Blog
• Work Zone Awareness Week: April 7-11, 2008 - The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Regan Zambri & Long in the firm's DC Metro Area Personal Injury Law Blog
• Wesley Snipes changes lawyers again as he approaches sentencing - Georgia lawyer Tom Withers of Gillen, Withers & Lake in his Federal Criminal Defense Blog
• Unintended consequences of UECA - Warrington attorney Joel Bolstein of Fox Rothschild in the firm's Pennsylvania Brownfields & Environmental Law Blog
• Economic stimulus tax benefits - Washington, D.C. lawyer Dory Sutker of Greenberg & Bederman in the firm's Maryland Injury & Disability Law Blog
• Blawg Review #154 & anonymous comments - Illinois attorney R. David Donoghue of DLA Piper in his Chicago IP Litigation Blog
• Course of performance evidence can be admissible for contract interpretation purposes - San Francisco lawyer Sara Thorpe of Gordon & Rees at the National Insurance Law Forum
• Trapped airline passengers have rights - Costa Mesa attorney Barbara E. Lichman of Chevalier, Allen & Lichman in the firm's Airport Development Law Blog
• Immunity under the CDA has its limits according to two recent federal court decisions - Washington, D.C. lawyer Scott Carpenter of Proskauer Rose in the firm's Privacy Law Blog
• Be careful what you ask for: the costs might be more than you can bear - Sacramento attorney Cori Badgley of Abbott & Kindermann in the firm's Land Use Law Blog
  

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Another limited Sunday post coming to you today, which - though technically authored on a Tuesday afternoon - offers up some of the finest content from the second half of this past weekend. Among the news, note the return of California attorney Cathy Kirkman, presenting the first post in her Silicon Valley Media Law Blog since December.

• High Court restricts remedies of limited partner alleging fraud by general partner in merger transaction - New York attorney Peter Mahler of Farrell Fritz in his New York Business Divorce Blog
• Make way for duck bites - Roommates.com - California attorney Cathy Kirkman of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in her Silicon Valley Media Law Blog
• Attorney unlicensed in Florida still awarded $1 million in fees in messy probate case - Miami lawyer Juan Antunez of Stokes McMillan Maracini & Antunez in his Florida Probate & Trust Litigation Blog
• How often should a blawging lawyer blog? - Texas attorney Jamie Spencer in his Austin DWI Lawyer Blog
• Accountability and the master trust - Kansas lawyer William Statler of Statler Legal Services in his Death Care Compliance Law Blog

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Today is Saturday, which brings us yet another condensed batch of legal news. The highlights today range from another part on David Rossmiller's ongoing "Scruggs Nation" saga to a piece on Chief Seattle from local journalist Ross Anderson.

• Scruggs Nation, April 5: the fall of the Scruggs Katrina Empire - Portland attorney David Rossmiller of Dunn Carney in the firm's Insurance Coverage Law Blog
• What every fiduciary should know about their brokers...and also their custodial banks, and financial contracts - Retirement specialist Jerry Kalish of National Benefit Services Inc. in his Retirement Plan Blog
• The Chief Seattle speech that wasn't - Puget Sound journalist Ross Anderson at his blog, RossInk
• Butter is poison and we should tax it, says prof - The blogging Seattle-based lawyers & attorneys at Marler Clark in their Food Poison Blog
• Researcher says women lawyers have higher divorce rates and need loving husbands - Spartanburg attorney Benjamin Stevens of Stevens MacPhail in his South Carolina Family Law Blog

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Friday's update has us entering the weekend with new content published, by another batch of ten from around the country. Lots of different legal specialties, lots of different blog topics are covered in today's post.

• Federal trademark trends in Maryland: 1Q 2008 - Washington, D.C. attorney Brian Wm. Higgins of Blank Rome in his Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog
• Through the looking glass - the Wecht jury is deadlocked - deliberations continue - Georgia lawyer Tom Withers of Gillen, Withers & Lake in his Federal Criminal Defense Blog
• WV Supreme Court again reverses $50 million verdict against Massey - Charleston attorney Jeffrey Mehalic in his West Virginia Business Litigation Blog
• Does the Communications Decency Act benefit ISPs over newspapers? - Illinois lawyer R. David Donoghue of DLA Piper in his Chicago IP Litigation Blog
• Senate Finance Committee discusses gift and estate tax reform - Chapel Hill attorney Greg Herman-Giddens on TrustCounsel PA in his North Carolina Estate Planning Blog
• United States Trustee receives broad authority to investigate Countrywide - Atlanta lawyer Scott Riddle in his Georgia Bankruptcy Law Blog
• Second Circuit reverses Judge Weinstein in light cigarette case - Idaho attorney Thomas Walker of Cosho Humphrey LLP in his RICO Law Blog
• Delaware corporate law from the judiciary's viewpoint - Wilmington lawyer Francis G.X. Pileggi of Fox Rothschild in his Delaware Corporate and Commercial Litigation Blog
• JD Supra profiles: you are the content in content marketing - Adrian Lurssen of JD Supra in their legal resource blog, JD Scoop
• Where did Hunter go? - Texas attorney Hunter Biederman in his Frisco DWI Lawyer & Attorney Blog

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Dangerous weapons make an appearance in more than one of our posts today...and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Horses, illegal immigrants, contaminated fish products and David Rossmiller's ongoing "Scruggs Nation" coverage are among our ten posts featured this afternoon.

• No use of a weapon without knowledge - Las Vegas attorney Tami Cowden of Kummer Kaempfer at her blog, Appealing in Nevada
• Delaware corporate law and the sale of companies - Wilmington lawyer Francis G.X. Pileggi of Fox Rothschild in his Delaware Corporate and Commercial Litigation Blog
• The NYPD Department Advocate's Office "civilianized" - New York attorney Kevin Sheerin in his New York Civil Service Attorney Law Blog
• Equine business plans - Texas lawyer Alison Rowe in her Equine Law Blog
• Hall County Sheriff now extension of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Georgia attorney Anthony Lake of Gillen, Withers & Lake in the firm's Federal Criminal Defense Blog
• H Mart HC Fresh Frozen Salted Croaker recalled due to botulism risk - The blogging lawyers and attorneys at Pritzker Ruohonen in their Food Poisoning Law Blog
• Scruggs Nation, April 3: on "strike" against Scruggs - Portland lawyer David Rossmiller of Dunn Carney in the firm's Insurance Coverage Law Blog
• Ballard Spahr hires a full-time client interviewer - Legal marketing expert Larry Bodine in his Law Marketing Blog
• Highmark Medicare LCD's proposed - Pennsylvania attorney Michael Cassidy of Tucker Arensberg in the firm's Med Law Blog
• Pizza Hut: a tough employment situation any way you slice it - Iowa lawyer Rush Nigut of Brick Gentry in his blog, Rush on Business

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What a slew of news selections we have for today's update: from a couple attorneys in Chicago over to New York City and up to Toronto, we've got bloggers contributing from across the map. And the issues they're covering are almost diverse as the geographic locations in which they reside.

• Recession and law firm revenue - Chicago attorney Patrick J. Lamb at his blog, In Search of Perfect Client Service
• Court declines to issue advisory opinion as to what actions state must take to properly preserve documents for potential suit - The blogging lawyers & attorneys at K & L Gates in the firm's Electronic Discovery Law Blog
  
• Estate tax changes in the Economic Growth and Tax Reconciliation Act of 2001 - Lawrenceville lawyer Steven Friedman of Stark & Stark in the firm's New Jersey Law Blog
• New York courts continue trend: same sex marriage recognized - New York attorney Daniel Clement in his blog, the New York Divorce Report
• SEC reveals "Top 10 Compliance Issues for 2008" at SIFMA Conference - Minnesota lawyer Mark Enslin of Lindquist & Vennum in the firm's OverReg'd Corporate Securities Regulation & Litigation Blog
• West Nile Virus infection tied to serious long-term health complications - The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Regan Zambri & Long in the firm's D.C. Metro Area Medical Malpractice Law Blog
• Self-employed - the tax implications of working from home - Business specialist Cathy Corns of Mercer & Hole in the English accounting firm's SME Plus Blog
• Disaster recovery: 6 points to know - Chicago attorney Sam Conforti in his Software Licensing & Master Service Agreements Blog
• Texas Sales & Use Tax: a contractor can make tax free purchases of construction materials by proving it's the authorized agent of a tax exempt organization - Dallas lawyer Alan E. Sherman in his Texas State & Local Tax Law Blog
• Upcoming CLE event: The Impact of Iasenza v. Iasenza Estate on FLA Spousal Elections - The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Hull & Hull in their Toronto Estate Law Blog

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To the best of our knowledge, each of this morning's posts - all 10 of them - is free from April Fools Day trickery. But then again, our authors could just be so good at disguising their prank that we couldn't tell. Have a look for yourself and see what you think.

• Committee vote on S.2041, False Claims Act Correction Act, rescheduled for this week - Marshall Chriswell of the National Whistleblower Legal Defense & Education Fund in their Whistleblower Protection Blog
• Occam's Razor: when "simple is better" - Charles Perez of Video Resources Inc. in his Trial Presentation Blog
• Can a message board violate New Jersey's Consumer Fraud Act? - Lawrenceville attorney Scott Unger of Stark & Stark in the firm's New Jersey Law Blog
• Content marketing to an online world: what's the real question you should be asking? - JD Supra's Adrian Lurssen in the online legal resource's accompanying blog, JD Scoop
• Incumbents big winners in 700 MHz auction - The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Sheppard Mullin in the firm's FCClawblog
• Florida: insurance decisions keep getting stranger and stranger - Portland lawyer David Rossmiller of Dunn Carney in the firm's Insurance Coverage Law Blog
• HP still offers the worst customer service ever - Legal marketing expert Larry Bodine in his Law Marketing Blog
• The Enhance trial revisited - Management consultant Cliff Mintz of BioInsights Inc. in his Bio Job Blog
• Can debtors borrow money to redeem secured property? - Atlanta attorney Scott Riddle in his Georgia Bankruptcy Law Blog
• Trial Lawyer's Public Justice Award - Seattle lawyer Bill Marler in his Marler Blog

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