Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 3/4/08

We’re starting to see mention of the ABA TechShow in some of our blogs today, which means the event – which takes place next week – is starting to generate a more substantial buzz. Watch for some LexBlog Q & As featuring TechShow presenters to start making their way onto this blog in the next few days.

• Pfizer’s compulsive buying spree continues – Management consultant Cliff Mintz of BioInsights Inc. in his Bio Job Blog
• “DRM is not actually doing anything to prevent piracy” – Seattle lawyer Brian Kennan of Davis Wright Tremaine in the firm’s Technology, eBusiness & Digital Media Law Blog
• California Supreme Court holds that employees not personally liable for retaliation – Sacramento attorney Christopher Onstott of Carlton DiSante & Freudenberger in the firm’s California Labor & Employment Law Blog
• Court finds deleted e-mail “not reasonably accessible”; no duty to search backup tapes for e-mails of a sexual nature – The blogging lawyers & attorneys at K & L Gates in the firm’s Electronic Discovery Law Blog
• Hope to meet you at ABA TechShow – Washington, D.C. lawyer Carolyn Elefant in her blog, My Shingle
• Put the phone down while driving in N.J. or risk $100 fine for texting or talking on cell phone – Juliet Sallette at LaBovick & LaBovick in the firm’s LaBovick Injury Law Blog
• More on LaRue: Lawyers USA weighs in – Massachusetts attorney Stephen Rosenberg of The McCormack Firm in his Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
• Is your marketing budget keeping up? – Legal marketing expert Tom Kane in his Legal Marketing Blog
• The raw economics driving the use of downers – Seattle lawyer Bill Marler of Marler Clark in his Marler Blog
• Recent RFID legal developments in United States and European Union – The blogging lawyers & attorneys at McKenna Long & Aldridge in the firm’s RFID Law Blog