Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 1/10/08

Moving towards the end of this first full week in 2008, with a wide range of content to highlight. Some prime selections today.

• California breach disclosure law now covers medical records – Seattle attorney Charlene Brownlee of Davis Wright Tremaine in the firm’s Privacy and Security Law Blog
• Pay-to-play Hoboken – Florham Park lawyer Bill Ward of Carlin & Ward in the firm’s New Jersey Eminent Domain Law Blog
• Marketing for law firms – suggestions and mistakes – Legal marketing expert Tom Kane of Kane Consulting Inc. in his Legal Marketing Blog
• Brain trauma study looks to war injuries for answers – New Jersey lawyer Bruce H. Stern of Stark & Stark in the firm’s Traumatic Brain Injury Law Blog
• 401(k) providers asking “should I stay or should I go?” – Retirement planning specialist Jerry Kalish of National Benefit Services Inc. in his Retirement Plan Blog
• What it takes to be a great trial lawyer – part 4 – Tennessee attorney John Day of Day & Blair in his blog, Day on Torts
• Reasons to prepare a “living trust” – Philadelphia lawyer Mark Jakubik at The Jakubik Law Firm in his Pennsylvania Estate Planning Blog

There was also quite a bit of discussion surrounding yesterday’s decision from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding health insurance in San Francisco. These bloggers offered their take:

• San Francisco’s health care mandate given green light by appellate court – Los Angeles attorney Anthony Zaller of Van Vleck Turner & Zaller in the firm’s California Labor & Employment Defense Blog
• The Ninth Circuit on the San Francisco Health Insurance Mandate Ordinance – Massachusetts lawyer Stephen D. Rosenberg with The McCormack Firm in his Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
• Emergency stay granted regarding San Francisco’s health care ordinance – San Francisco attorney Nancy G. Berner of Carlton DiSante & Freudenberger in the firm’s California Labor & Employment Law Blog