Legal news – LexBlogosphere: 11/15/07

Another update from the LexBlogosphere today, as the world keeps turning. Lots of large law firms updated their blogs this morning.

The conversations taking place on November 15, 2007 include the following:

• Why wage & hour class action lawsuits are so attractive to plaintiff’s lawyers – Lancaster attorney Michael Moore of Russell Krafft & Gruber in the firm’s Pennsylvania Employment Law Blog
• “Chewy Vuiton” parody wins the day – Seattle lawyer Stacia Lay of Hendricks & Lewis in the firm’s IP Law Chat
• Obama plays catch-up in the fight for union votes – New Jersey attorney Brian Caufield of Fox Rothschild in the firm’s Employee Free Choice Act Blog
• What chairman Martin’s multiple ownership proposals omit – no relief for radio and TV – Washington, D.C. attorney David Oxenford of Davis Wright Tremaine in the firm’s Broadcast Law Blog
• The AIA releases 2007 editions of its construction contract forms amid competition from upstart “consensusdocs” forms – The blogging lawyers and attorneys at Sheppard Mullin in the firm’s Real Estate & Construction Law Blog
• Consistently applied policies and discipline are crucial to avoiding discrimination claims – Stamford attorney Daniel A. Schwartz of Epstein Becker & Green in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• Judges STILL know to refuse breath tests – Texas lawyer Hunter Biederman in his Frisco DWI Lawyer & Attorney Blog
• Frustrated and marginalized – The blogging lawyers and attorneys at Hull & Hull in the firm’s Toronto Estate Law Blog
• Professors say proposed legislation to “reverse unintended consequences” of Prison Litigation Reform Act – The blogging constitutionalists at the American Constitution Society in their ACS Blog
• It’s not a first: GE labeled corn sells better than non-GE – Kansas State University professor Doug Powell in the International Food Safety Network’s BarfBlog