LexBlog Law Network Roundup - 6/29/09
After a weekend of baseball games, rafting and extreme sunburn I'm back with another set of the day's best. I hope everyone else enjoyed their days off. Today, we have multiple posts on the Ricci v. DeStefano case in the Supreme Court. Have a look at what appears to be the most prominent legal story of the day.
- Starbucks to Make All New Stores LEED Certified - Hartford attorney Brad N. Mondschein of Pullman & Comley on his Green Energy & Development Law Blog
- Game Theory and the Environment: We All Want To Win - Des Moines lawyer Chuck Becker of Belin Lamson McCormick Zumbach Flynn on Becker's Iowa Environmental Law Update
- Ricci v. DeStefano -- Supreme Court Holds City Violated Title VII By Rejecting Racially Disparate Test Results - Portland attorney Marc Alifanz of Stoel Rives on the firm's blog, World of Work
- If Wishes Were Horses - Or Patents - Or Something Like That - Massachusetts lawyer Stephen D. Rosenberg of The McCormack Firm in his Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
- BREAKING: Ricci v. DeStefano - Supreme Court Reverses Second Circuit And Finds New Haven Violated Title VII in 5-4 Decision - Hartford attorney Daniel Schwartz of Pullman & Comley in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- State Bar of California Rainmaker Retreat Legal Marketing Boot camp: Round Up and Recap! - Small business coach Stephen Fairley of The Rainmaker Institute in The Rainmaker Blog
- Accountant Who Prepared Financial Statements Didn't Need To Be Designated As An Expert Witness In Order To Testify - Greensboro lawyer Mack Sperling of Brooks Pierce in his blog, the North Carolina Business Litigation Report
- More on Judge Posner and the Intersection of Copyright and the Internet - Illinois attorney R. David Donoghue of Holland & Knight on his Chicago IP Litigation Blog
- Bank Failures Surge, D&O Claims Emerge - and Other Web Notes - Ohio lawyer Kevin LaCroix of OakBridge Insurance Services in his blog, The D & O Diary
- Appellate Court Affirms Caplash Ruling Rejecting Authority of 50% LLC Member to Hire Company Counsel in Proceedings Against Other 50% Member - New York attorney Peter A. Mahler of Farrell Fritz in his New York Business Divorce Blog

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