Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 12/10/08

No common themes for today’s batch of the best; there’s a good mix of regulars and others who blog a little less frequently. However, as with most days, there’s a fair amount of posts on the spreading effects of the recession.

• Law Firm Marketing: How to Increase Referrals and Fortify Your Practice – Small business coach Stephen Fairley of The Rainmaker Institute in The Rainmaker Blog
• US Biotech Asks for a Bailout – Management consultant Cliff Mintz of BioInsights Inc. at his Bio Job Blog
• Committing To Human Rights At Home and Overseas – The blogging constitutionalists at the American Constitution Society in their ACS Blog
• There are three main benefits under Illinois workers’ compensation law – Chicago attorney Michael Helfand on his Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog
• Push for Great Lakes Restoration Funding in the Economic Stimulus Package – Cleveland lawyer Joe Koncelik of Frantz Ward in his Ohio Environmental Law Blog
• Extending An Invitation: Arguing Against The Inevitability Of Change – Chicago attorney Patrick J. Lamb of Valorem Law Group at his blog, In Search of Perfect Client Service
• Business Solutions to Commercial IP Problems or Legal Solutions to Business Problems? Why Not Both? – Lawyer-mediator Victoria Pynchon at the IP ADR Blog
• It may not seem like it, but Now is the Time to Plan – Chapel Hill attorney Greg Herman-Giddens of TrustCounsel PA in the firm’s North Carolina Estate Planning Blog
• 2008 E-Discovery Year In Review – Tucson lawyer Susan Salmon of Quarles & Brady on the firm’s blog, E-Discovery Bytes
• Lewd, but not too lewd: discipline for off-campus speech probably depends on degree of offensivness – Pennsylvania attorney Tim Gilsbach of Fox Rothschild on the firm’s Education Law Blog