Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 4/14/08

Once again we start the week with a batch of news sure to get legal news junkies excited: from the Miss USA competition to the Family Medical Leave Act to racially-motivated business decisions, a wide range of legal topics are covered in today’s selected posts.

• DuPont loses post-trial motions in medical monitoring and property damage class action – Charleston lawyer Jeffrey V. Mehalic in his West Virginia Business Litigation Blog
• Appellate court enforces stock buyback triggered by dissolution petition – New York attorney Peter A. Mahler of Farrell Fritz in his New York Business Divorce Blog
• Beauty pageant winner also entrepreneur – Iowa lawyer Rush Nigut of Brick Gentry in his blog, Rush on Business
• Family Medical Leave Act amended as part of National Defense Authorization Act – Baton Rouge attorney Theresa R. Hagen of Kean Miller in the firm’s Louisiana Law Blog
• Allstate makes controversial “McKinsey” documents public on website – Juliet Sallette at LaBovick & LaBovick in the firm’s LaBovick Injury Law Blog
• Employers must be careful when using race in business decisions – Somerville lawyer Frank Steinberg in his New Jersey Employment Law Blog
• A message to taxpayers: pay or be prosecuted – Georgia attorney Anthony Lake of Gillen, Withers & Lake in the firm’s Federal Criminal Defense Blog
• Ten success secrets from top (non-starving) mediators – Attorney-mediator Victoria Pynchon in her Settle It Now Negotiation Blog
• Husband required to pay child support for artificially inseminated child – New York lawyer Daniel Clement in his blog, the New York Divorce Report
• China: the next India for IT outsourcing? – Chicago attorney Sam Conforti in his Software Licensing & Master Service Agreements Blog