Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 5/16/08

It’s Friday, and we find ourselves capping off the week in the same fashion we have so many times before: with a batch of ten news posts for your consumption. From medical news to business litigation to criminal law, all the major bases are covered in the ten bullet points below.

• SEC unanimously approves proposed data tag rule – Ohio attorney Jack J. Gravelle of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur in the firm’s Federal Securities Law Blog
• Kadlec reversed: hospital absolved of negligent credentialing but private practice physicians remain liable – Pennsylvania lawyer Michael Cassidy of Tucker Arensberg in the firm’s Med Law Blog
• Compliance with Business Court rule 18.6 is essential before filing a discovery motion – Greensboro attorney Mack Sperling of Brooks Pierce in his North Carolina Business Litigation Report
• Divorce: a cause of learning disabilities? – New York lawyer Daniel Clement in his blog, the New York Divorce Report
• Employee handbooks for billionaires? – Somerville attorney Frank Steinberg in his New Jersey Employment Law Blog
• Congratulations to Chicago’s Members of the IP 50 under 45 – Illinois lawyer R. David Donoghue of DLA Piper in his Chicago IP Litigation Blog
• 7 frequently asked questions in Florida DUI cases – Florida attorney Ron Chapman in his West Palm Beach Criminal Lawyer Blog
• Capital allowances – don’t elect out of your entitlement – Business specialist Cathy Corns of Mercer & Hole in the English accounting firm’s SME Plus Blog
• Eco-funerals – green to the grave – Canadian attorney Sarah Hyndman Fitzpatrick of Hull & Hull in the firm’s Toronto Estate Law Blog
• Show me, don’t tell me – Kansas State University professor Doug Powell at the International Food Safety Network’s BarfBlog