Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 4/18/08

As is often the case on Friday, the majority of content published in the LexBlogosphere is from that same batch of devoted attorneys, those folks who post religiously and on a near-daily basis. Some of the usual suspects are highlighted below.

• Patent reform bill stalled in Senate – Los Gatos attorney Kristie Prinz in her California Biotech Law Blog
• Parents: what’s in your head? – Arizona lawyer Stephen Follett in his Arizona Estate Planning & Probate Blog
• Court flushes away disability claim; finds that toilet-training book for kids not enough to create hostile work environment – Hartford attorney Daniel Schwartz of Pullman & Comley in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog (Note: Dan’s post was also picked by the WSJ Law Blog this afternoon – Ed.)
  
• Amateur speculators and investors influence housing markets – New York real estate broker Douglas Heddings at his blog, True Gotham
• Negotiating with terrorists: choosing your bargaining partners – Attorney-mediator Victoria Pynchon in her Settle It Now Negotiation Blog
• Deponent can materially change deposition testimony during the reading and signing process –  Greensboro lawyer Mack Sperling of Brooks Pierce in his North Carolina Business Litigation Report
• Mumps: childhood disease makes comeback on college campuses – The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Regan Zambri & Long in the firm’s D.C. Metro Area Medical Malpractice Law Blog
• Alaska, a leader in pet trusts – Florida attorney Danny Meek in his Pet Trust Law Blog
• Mississippi Supreme Court asked to interpret anti-concurrent cause in interlocutory appeal – Portland lawyer David Rossmiller of Dunn Carney in the firm’s Insurance Coverage Law Blog
• Pfizer proves that biggest is not always best – Management consultant Cliff Mintz of BioInsights Inc. in his Bio Job Blog