Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 2/8/08

We’re seeing a slowdown in the LexBlogosphere today, as is to be expected on a Friday…but still plenty of content flowing, mostly from some of the familiar faces who blog on a daily or near-daily basis.

• Law clerks beware: that interview may be bogus – Las Vegas lawyer Tami Cowden of Kummer Kaempfer in her blog, Appealing in Nevada
• Videoblogging and podcasting gaining steam – New York real estate broker Douglas Heddings in his blog, True Gotham
• Custody cases – timing is everything (180 days or else) – Philadelphia attorney Julia Swain of Fox Rothschild in the firm’s Pennsylvania Family Law Blog
• A nonsuit against one defendant and a judgment against the other is an appealable order – Georgia lawyer Kevin Lemley of the Allen Law Firm in their Arkansas Business Litigation Blog
• PKF Texas – The Entrepeneur’s Playbook: people ready business – the value of an empowered work force – PKF Texas director Greg Price in his blog, From Greg’s Head (Worth noting: Greg was just named chairman of the Houston Technology Center Advisory Board…see the press release here)
• New player, new player (sort of) – Ohio attorney Michael E. Heintz of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur in the firm’s Nanotechnology Law Report
• DUI and work permits – Florida lawyer Ron Chapman in his Palm Beach Criminal Defense Blog
• New SERFF guidelines for NY Life Bureau – New York attorney Cailie Currin in her Life Insurance Compliance & Regulation Law Blog
• Jury says surgeon’s damaged reputation is worth $25 million – Charleston lawyer Jeffrey Mehalic in his West Virginia Business Litigation Blog
• Sanctions result in summary judgment of no invalidity; no liability for letters sent to defendants’ customers – Washington, D.C. attorney Brian Wm. Higgins of Blank Rome in his Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog