Legal News- LexBlogsphere: 11/21/08

Whenever I try to explain the idea of "blogs for lawyers" to my friends I talk about attorneys being seen as ‘thought leaders’ and valuable sources of information on their particular practice area. New Jersey law blogger John Marshall has a great unique example of that.

• Is a Due Process hearing mandatory? – Virginia Beach lawyer Steven Lauer of Inman & Strickler on the firm’s Virginia Condominium & Homeowners’ Association Law Blog
• Mortgage Fraud Sends Defendant To Prison For 135 Months – Boise attorney Chuck Peterson on Peterson Law Offices’ Idaho Criminal Defense Blog
• John Marshall is in the HOUSE – New Jersey lawyer John Marshall on his New Jersey Criminal Defense and DWI Blog
• Off-Shore Lake Erie Wind Farm Lease Proposal – Cleveland attorney Joe Koncelik of Frantz Ward in the firm’s Ohio Environmental Law Blog
• Morton Ranch Cheerleaders Indicted – Texas lawyer Matthew Skillern of the Law Office of Grant M. Scheiner on the firm’s Greater Houston Criminal Defense Law
• Electric company brings federal lawsuit against Kansas Governor for denial of permit for coal-fired power plant expansion – New York attorney Jennifer Liu of Howrey on the firm’s Global Climate Law Blog
• Strange Bed-Fellows in Legal Malpractice – Andrew Lavoott Bluestone on the New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
• Hartford-Area Businesses Ban Smoking on Company Premises: The Law on Workplace Smoking – Hartford lawyer Daniel Schwartz of Pullman & Comley in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• Obama’s Radio Address is Streamed on the Internet – Demonstrating Why There Need Not Be Any Return of the Fairness Doctrine – Washington, D.C. attorney David Oxenford of Davis Wright Tremaine in the firm’s Broadcast Law Blog
• Privacy under the 44th President? Will the New Administration Bring a New Playbook? – Washington, D.C. lawyer Brendon Tavelli of Proskauer Rose in the firm’s Privacy Law Blog