Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 12/30/08

On top of the usual posts on recent prominent cases, there’s always a few developing themes. Besides the already popular economic downturn theme, we now also have posts on predictions for legal developments in 2009.

• How the economy is affecting personal injury claims? – Tennessee attorney James Ferrell on his Memphis Injury Law Blog
• FCC Proposes New Digital Low Power Fill-In Translators, and Starts Accepting Applications Immediately – Washington, D.C. lawyer David Oxenford of Davis Wright Tremaine in the firm’s Broadcast Law Blog
• Adult stem cells may be useful in spinal cord injury treatment – Georgia attorney Ken Shigley in his Atlanta Injury Law & Civil Litigation Blog
• New Beginnings: Going It Alone – Management consultant Cliff Mintz of BioInsights Inc. at his Bio Job Blog
• Top Ten Food Safety Challenges for 2009 – Bill Marler Style – Seattle lawyer Bill Marler of Marler Clark in his Food Poison Blog
• Criminal Prosecution for Virtual Property Theft – The blogging lawyers and attorneys of Sheppard Mullin on the firm’s China Law Update
• New Year’s Resolution: Discovery Hold Policy – Milwaukee attorney Joseph Wilson of Quarles & Brady on the firm’s blog, e-Discovery Bytes
• $1.25 million Georgia verdict for nursing home neglect – Georgia lawyer Ken Shigley in his Atlanta Injury Law & Civil Litigation Blog
• Santa Delivered A 1:1 Ratio For Punitive Damages – Los Angeles attorney Lisa Baird of Reed Smith in the firm’s Life Sciences Legal Update
• Breaking! Newspaper Doesn’t Like Biography of Trial Lawyer Who Beat Them – Philadelphia lawyer Maxwell Kennerly of The Beasley Firm at his blog, Litigation & Trial