Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 2/5/08

Lots of health-related news in today’s update, as well as some asset search material (Fred Abrams covers hidden asset claims in Israel) and a word on podcasts from David Rossmiller.

• Increase in consumer BK volume should lead to increased Chapter 11 filings – Bakersfield attorney Terrence T. Egland of Klein Denatale in the firm’s California Business Bankruptcy Blog
• Ninth Circuit issues ruling on union surveillance – San Francisco lawyer Nancy G. Berner of Carlton DiSante & Freudenberger in the firm’s California Labor & Employment Law Blog
• Peer review: closed staff, Medical staff bylaws as contracts, and exclusive contracts are issued in Ohio case – Pennsylvania attorney Michael Cassidy of Tucker Arensberg in the firm’s Med Law Blog
• Medicare tracks provider inquiries – Pennsylvania lawyer Todd Rodriguez of Fox Rothschild in the firm’s Physician Law Blog
• OG Nation and HORP&B join forces – Texas attorney Angel Reyes of Heygood, Orr, Reyes, Pearson & Bartolomei in his Angel Reyes Blog
• An asset search in Israel – New York lawyer Fred Abrams in his Asset Search Blog
• The Massachusetts Health Care Reform Act as evidence of the need for preemption – Massachusetts attorney Stephen D. Rosenberg of The McCormack Firm in his Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
• First NMSP submission – Ohio lawyer Michael E. Heintz of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur in the firm’s Nanotechnology Law Report
• Podcast of Maniloff’s top ten insurance coverage cases of 2007 – Portland attorney David Rossmiller of Dunn Carney in the firm’s Insurance Coverage Law Blog
• Implications of the Amgen-Takeda deal – Management consultant Cliff Mintz of BioInsights Inc. in his Bio Job Blog