Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 1/9/09

Throughout the ongoing economic crisis, we constantly hear figures citing that things haven’t been this bad since way back when. Fernando del Canto of Tax Precision has a mind-blowing figure from outside the US: the Bank of England’s 1.5 percent interest rate is the lowest its been in 315 years.

• Minnesota DWI Crackdown: More Than 2,600 Cited Last Month – Minneapolis attorney Jason Brown of the Brown Law Offices in the firm’s Minnesota DUI Blog
• Bank of England 1.5% interest rate- lowest in 315 years history – Marbella, Spain lawyer Fernando del Canto on his blog, Tax Precision
• BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Consider New Haven Firefighters Case – Hartford attorney Daniel Schwartz of Pullman & Comley in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• "Since Both Parties Went Through the Same Stop Sign…They Both Should Pay for the Crash": Court Orders Parties to Split Cost of Privilege Review – David Bowerman of K&L Gates on the firm’s Electronic Discovery Law blog
• Going-Out-Of-Business Sale: Dealing With Troubled Companies – Does Purchasing Assets Avoid Seller Liabilities? – The blogging lawyers and attorneys at Sheppard Mullin on their Fashion Apparel Law Blog
• When Does The Tax Holding Period For Shares Acquired Upon Exercise of a Warrant Start? – Seattle lawyer Joseph M. Wallin on Davis Wright Tremaine’s Corporate Finance Law Blog
• Dear Cool Law Firm. – Chicago attorney Patrick J. Lamb of Valorem Law Group at his blog, In Search of Perfect
• 20 Tips for Marketing Your Law Firm in Tough Times (Tips 16-20) – Small business coach Stephen Fairley of The Rainmaker Institute in The Rainmaker Blog
• Obama Stimulus Plan and The Rule of The First Dollar – Philadelphia LEED AP Shari Shapiro on her Green Building Law Blog
• Why People Question the Civil Justice System – A "Fowl" Case – Seattle lawyer Bill Marler of Marler Clark in his Marler Blog