Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 2/28/08

Most of the time, today – February 28th – would be the last day of the month. Not the case this year…which means regular readers will see another LexBlogosphere update tomorrow, bearing the date of 2/29 (a number we we won’t see again on calendars until 2012).

• Qualcomm accepts sanctions issued by magistrate judge and pays entire $8,568,633.24 sanction to Broadcom – The blogging lawyers & attorneys at K & L Gates in the firm’s Electronic Discovery Law Blog
• “Me too” evidence in discrimination cases may be admissible – Las Vegas lawyer Tami Cowden of Kummer Kaempfer at her blog, Appealing in Nevada
• Licensing in the absence of intellectual property rights – University of Houston law professor Raymond T. Nimmer in his Contemporary Intellectual Property, Licensing & Information Law Blog
• USPTO upholds WARF stem cell patent claim – Los Gatos attorney Kristie Prinz in her California Biotech Law Blog
• More news from the condo wars – Seattle lawyer John Parnass of Davis Wright Tremaine in the firm’s Washington Construction Law Blog
• A diabetes “scentry” dog could save your life – Pennsylvania pharmacist Joel Shpigel in his Diabetes Pharmacist Blog
• Jones Act employers have recourse against negligent employees – New Orleans attorney Stephen C. Hanemann of Kean Miller in the firm’s Louisiana Law Blog
• Divorce, RICO and an asset search – New York lawyer Fred Abrams in his Asset Search Blog
• Hapless home-do-it-yourself plaintiff hammered by trial court for trying to “turn CAFA’s burden of proof on its head” – The blogging lawyers & attorneys at McGlinchey Stafford in the firm’s CAFA Law Blog
• Key differences between UFOC and new franchise disclosure document – Iowa attorney Rush Nigut of Sullivan & Ward in his blog, Rush on Business