Talk of the LexBlogosphere: August 21, 2007

The date is August 21, and today’s Talk of the LexBlogosphere features lawyers located across the country. From Oregon (where the discussion is on a court case that made headlines in nearly every daily newspaper in the Pacific Northwest) to New Jersey, lawyers working for a range of firms and focusing on a variety of practice areas are keeping the blog wheels turning…no matter where in the United States they may be.

Today we have:

• In the Insurance Coverage Law Blog, Portland attorney David Rossmiller of Dunn Carney Allen Higgins & Tongue LLP chimes in on the Washington dentist who inserted boar tusks into the mouth of an unconscious assistant before photographing her.
• Terry Fleming of Lindquist & Vennum comments on a successful “selling away” claim brought against a brokerage firm by an investor in the OverReg’d Securities Regulation & Litigation Blog.
• A recent study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation claims to show a link between government aid payments and drug use. Commenting on this issue is Joel Davis of the Deuterman Law Group, in their North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Law Blog.
• Unfamiliar with North Carolina’s 529 College Savings Plan that was recently recommended by Money magazine? Then head over to the North Carolina Estate Planning Blog, where Greg Herman-Giddens of TrustCounsel P.A. provides a brief overview of the plan’s features.
• In Stark & Stark’s New Jersey Law Blog, the “considerable” impact of the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007 is examined by attorney John E. MacDonald.