Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 5/7/09

In my entire time doing these LexBlogosphere posts, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a post as creative and unique as the one Daniel Schwartz wrote today. Sometimes blogging means stretching your niche a little bit, Dan definitely did that. Today, he has a post on employment law and human resources lessons learned from Star Trek. Awesome.

• Insurer’s Obligation To Search For Coverage – Expanding The Insurer’s Duties – San Francisco lawyer Sara Thorpe of Gordon & Rees on the National Insurance Law Forum
• Fourth Circuit Reinstates Securities Fraud Lawsuit Against Mutual Fund Investment Advisor – Greensboro attorney Mack Sperling of Brooks Pierce in his blog, the North Carolina Business Litigation Report
• U.S. Green Building Council Launches LEED v3- Bike Racks v. Brownfields – Cleveland lawyer Joe Koncelik of Frantz Ward in his Ohio Environmental Law Blog
• Has Pennsylvania’s Medical Malpractice Reform Been A Failure? (Part 1 of 2) – Philadelphia attorney Maxwell Kennerly of The Beasley Firm at his blog, Litigation & Trial
• School Custodian’s Claim For Emotional Distress Not Barred By Washington’s Industrial Insurance Act – Seattle lawyer Todd Sorensen of Williams Kastner on the firm’s Northwest Education Law Blog
• Forum Shopping Non-Compete Claims – Dallas attorney Rob Radcliff of Gruber Hurst Johansen & Hail on his blog, Smooth Transitions
• EEOC Issues Swine Flu Guidance – Portland lawyer Dennis Westlind of Stoel Rives in the firm’s World of Work Blog
• Four Employment Law and HR Lessons From "Star Trek" – Hartford attorney Daniel Schwartz of Pullman & Comley in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• Court "Socc(er)s It To" Coach – Somerville lawyer Frank Steinberg in his New Jersey Employment Law Blog
• should law firms be in the hospitality business? – Business advisor Arnie Herz in his blog, legal sanity