Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 7/16/08

From new blogs to long dormant ones, from AmLaw firms to small town law offices…the majority of posts highlighted in today’s update are from clients or blogs we haven’t heard much from in these LexBlogosphere news roundups.

• Homeowners policy required replacement of roof decking – Oklahoma attorney Jody Nathan of Stauffer Graves & Nathan in the firm’s Reinsurance Law Blog
• NJDEP required to use eminent domain in beachfront easements – Florham Park lawyer Bill Ward of Carlin & Ward in the firm’s New Jersey Eminent Domain Law Blog
• Florida’s Sunshine in Litigation Act requires court to assess status of evidence as relating to a "public hazard" before it can protect trade secrets – Atlanta attorney Erika Birg of Seyfarth Shaw in the firm’s non-compete law blog, Trading Secrets
• Senate passes FISA bill with telecom immunity – The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Sheppard Mullin in the firm’s FCC Law Blog
• Judicial election primary guide – Las Vegas lawyer Tami Cowden of Kummer Kaempfer at her blog, Appealing in Nevada
• FTC "reminder" about ID Theft Red Flag compliance – The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Davis Wright Tremaine in the firm’s Privacy and Security Law Blog
• Former U.S. attorneys come out in favor of strengthened corporate attorney-client privilege – Georgia attorney Tom Withers of Gillen Withers & Lake in the firm’s Federal Criminal Defense Law Blog
• PADEP Secretary McGinty resigns – Warrington lawyer Joel Bolstein of Fox Rothschild in the firm’s Pennsylvania Brownfields & Environmental Law Blog
• 20 questions about Texas appellate practice – Austin attorney D. Todd Smith in his Texas Appellate Law Blog
• Digital modeling produced for web advertisement not copyrightable – The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Thelen in the firm’s Technology Law Update