Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 11/9/07

Much chatter in the LexBlogosphere for a Friday, including a lot of discussion on a large pharmaceutical settlement announced this morning.

The discussion for November 9, 2007 includes the following updates:

• President Bush threatens to veto AMT patch and charitable rollover extension – Chapel Hill attorney Greg Hermann-Giddens of TrustCounsel PA in his North Carolina Estate Planning Blog
• The overconfident police witness in DWI cases – Texas lawyer Jamie Spencer in his Austin DWI Lawyer Blog
• New Jersey’s probate code & child support – Lawrenceville attorney Maria P. Imbalzano of Stark & Stark in the firm’s New Jersey Law Blog
• Guest blogger: the troubling track record of military commissions – Devon Chaffee, attorney with Humans Rights First, guest blogging for the American Constitution Society in their ACS Blog
• Global interactive data push – Columbus lawyer Jack J. Gravelle at Porter Wright Morris & Arthur in the firm’s Federal Securities Law Blog
• $200,000 raised for land mine victims – Seattle attorney Bill Marler of Marler Clark in his Marler Blog

In addition to the posts above, there was also a big buzz surrounding the $4.85 billion Vioxx settlement announced today by Merck:

• Merck to pay $4.85 billion to settle most Vioxx cases – Dallas attorney Angel Reyes of Heygood, Orr, Reyes & Bartolomei in the firm’s Angel Reyes Blog
• Merck executives finally succumb to Vioxx pressure – or do they? – Consultant Cliff Mintz of BioInsights Inc. in his Bio Job Blog
• Merck to pay $4.85 billion to Vioxx claimants – The blogging lawyers and attorneys at Total Injury in their Injury Blog
• Contingent settlement of the year: Merck agrees to pay $4.85 billion to settle Vioxx suits – Attorney-mediator Victoria Pynchon in her Settle It Now Negotiation Blog