Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 1/8/08

From selecting a mediator to the risks of blogging, today’s posts are as diverse as ever.

• Of granny flats and land swaps: project descriptions and alternatives analysis under CEQA – Sacramento lawyer Janell M. Bogue at Abbott & Kindermann in the firm’s Land Use Law Blog
• What lawyers are looking for from mediators – Attorney-mediator Victoria Pynchon in the IP-ADR Blog
• Authority of the president – Virginia Beach lawyer Greg Montero of Inman & Strickler in the firm’s Virginia Condominium & Homeowners’ Association Law Blog
• Insolvent banks – reform plans – Recovery & insolvency partner Chris Laughton of Mercer & Hole in the English accounting firm’s Insolvency Blog
• Inman’s Real Estate Connect 2008 begins tomorrow – New York real estate broker Douglas Heddings in his blog, True Gotham
• Genzyme boldly enters the cholesterol market fracas – Management consultant Cliff Mintz of BioInsights Inc. in his Bio Job Blog
• Can you hear me now?…court utilizes lodestar method to calculate attorneys fees in calling card case – The blogging lawyers & attorneys at McGlinchey Stafford in the firm’s CAFA Law Blog
• Discovered…by accident (and, yes, it’s discoverable) – Anthony P. Chan at Quarles & Brady in the firm’s blog, E-Discovery Bytes
• Iowa lawyer featured on WSJ Law Blog – Des Moines attorney Rush Nigut of Sullivan & Ward in his blog, Rush on Business
• Blogging, my health is at stake! – Nutrition blogger Gerald Pugliese in Dr. Joel Fuhrman’s blog, Disease Proof