Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 2/29/08

Today is the day that shouldn’t be: February 29, which – as we mentioned in yesterday’s update – only comes once every four years. That means next time 2/29 rolls around, whichever ’08 presidential candidate wins in November will already be nearing the end of their first term.

• Recent amendments to federal rules of appellate, bankruptcy, civil and criminal procedure require redaction of personal identification information from documents filed with the court – The blogging lawyers & attorneys at K & L Gates in the firm’s Electronic Discovery Law Blog
• William F. Buckley: the war on drugs is lost – Texas attorney Jamie Spencer in his Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog
• The financial services industry: easy target for class actions – New Jersey lawyer Mark Tabakman of Fox Rothschild in the firm’s Wage & Hour – Development & Highlights Blog
• Flu shots for all children? – Health blogger Gerald Pugliese in Dr. Joel Fuhrman’s blog DiseaseProof
• Why the legal blogosphere? Try Ken Adams – Attorney-mediator Victoria Pynchon in her Settle It Now Negotiation Blog [Editorial note: while you’re at it, check out our LexBlog Q & A with Ken Adams]
• Lawsuit to be filed over state police hiring practices; a primer in disparate impact theory – Hartford lawyer Daniel Schwartz of Pullman & Comley in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• Blood thinner Herapin may be linked to more deaths – Juliet Sallette at LaBovick & LaBovick in the firm’s LaBovick Injury Law Blog
• EMA’s opinions inconclusive: what to do? – Orange Park attorney David McCranie in his Florida Workers’ Compensation Law Blog
• Nation’s top divorce lawyers note dramatic rise in electronic evidence – Texas lawyer Shannon Cavers in her Houston Divorce & Family Law Blog
• Is it a good time to invest? – Mercer & Hole’s Gordon Bowden in the English accounting firm’s SME Plus Blog