Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 6/27/08

The flurry of posting continues into this Friday, as court decisions from around the country generate conversation. Dickie Scruggs’ 5-year sentence, the relationship between candy and economic recession, and the New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Act are just some of the issues making waves this afternoon.

• The law and Duke football – Greensboro attorney Mack Sperling of Brooks Pierce at his blog, the North Carolina Business Litigation Report
• Scruggs Nation: June 27, the sentencing – Portland lawyer David Rossmiller of Dunn Carney in the firm’s Insurance Coverage Law Blog
• I made the mess, but I don’t have to clean it up – Texas attorney Jeff Rambin in his Tyler Appeals Blog
  
• Tenth Circuit denies general liability insurance coverage for false billing claims – Portland lawyer Diane Polscer of Gordon & Polscer at the National Insurance Law Forum
• Insect, the other white meat – Michelle Mazur, guest blogging at the International Food Safety Network’s BarfBlog
• Debt collectors save us all money in 2007? – Des Moines attorney Kyle Kruidenier of Sullivan & Ward in the firm’s Iowa Law Blog
• Candy linked to recession? – Nutrition blogger Gerald Pugliese at Dr. Joel Fuhrman’s blog, Disease Proof
• Parenting issues can not be arbitrated – New Jersey lawyer Robert J. Durst of Stark & Stark in the firm’s New Jersey Law Blog
• Temporary total disability benefits and sick leave injury (SLI) benefits under the New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Act – Hamilton attorney Frank Crivelli in his New Jersey Public Safety Officers Law Blog
• What will the franchisor do for you? – Iowa lawyer Rush Nigut of Brick Gentry at his blog, Rush on Business