Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 4/16/08

Here’s our news roundup for this Wednesday, a mid-week batch of content from across the geographic and legal spectrums. From retirement planning to Wesley Snipes expected prison sentence, interesting discussion is everywhere.

• Who has the richest retirement plan in America, the CTA or the MBTA? – Retirement planning specialist Jerry Kalish of National Benefit Services, Inc. in his Retirement Plan Blog
• Court rules on a smorgasbord of IP claims – Illinois lawyer R. David Donoghue of DLA Piper in his Chicago IP Litigation Blog
• The Fake Bad Scale and malingering claims – Las Vegas attorney Tim Titolo in his Brain & Spine Injury Law Blog
• Government’s sentencing memo in Snipes – 36 months – Georgia lawyer Thomas Withers of Gillen, Withers & Lake in the firm’s Federal Criminal Defense Blog
• Food safety in Canada put in danger by daffy decision – The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Marler Clark in the firm’s Food Poison Blog
• Speaking at the Las Vegas Writer’s Conference – Las Vegas attorney Tami Cowden of Kummer Kaempfer at her blog, Appealing in Nevada
• Patent Office to consider appeal of ruling which voided patent rule changes – Los Gatos lawyer Kristie Prinz in her California Biotech Law Blog
• Should I plead to a metabolite DUI? – Ogden attorney Glen Neeley in his Utah DUI Trial Lawyer Blog
• A change of custom for customs: the proposed change to the First Sale Rule – The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Sheppard Mullin in the firm’s Fashion & Apparel Law Blog
• Bush weighs in on greenhouse gas reductions, critics rip effort – San Francisco journalist Dennis Pfaff in Thelen Reid’s blog, the Climate Law Update