Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 4/25/08

So the call has made. As the Editor of Blawg Review alerted me as the story broke, actor Wesley Snipes – whose case I’ve been following in these daily updates lately – has been sentenced to the maximum of three years in prison. Meanwhile, some news from the rest of the legal community:

• 36 crimes that cannot be sealed or expunged in Florida – Florida attorney Ron Chapman in his West Palm Beach Criminal Lawyer Blog
• Report says Mylan executive did not earn MBA – Charleston lawyer Jeffrey Mehalic in his West Virginia Business Litigation Blog
• Proposed changes to withdrawal liability – New York attorney Keith McMurdy of Fox Rothschild in the firm’s Employee Benefits Legal Blog
• A vessel under construction is (still) NOT a vessel – New Orleans lawyer Michael J. O’Brien of Kean Miller in the firm’s Louisiana Law Blog
• User generated content fraught with risk in Europe – Seattle attorney Kraig Baker of Davis Wright Tremaine in the firm’s Technology, eBusiness & Digital Media Law Blog
• Legislative update: Senate passes Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act – Los Angeles lawyer Daniel Turner of Van Vleck Turner & Zaller in the firm’s California Labor & Employment Defense Blog
• Will lawyers adopt to social networking? – Legal marketing expert Ed Poll in his LawBiz Blog
• NNI estimate of federal EHS research funding off by 18% – Washington, D.C. attorney John C. Monica, Jr. of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur in the firm’s Nanotechnology Law Report
• Roast beef associated with 14 cases of E. coli in Sarpy County, Nebraska – The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Pritzker Ruohonen in the firm’s Food Poisoning Law Blog
• California views on U.S. fuel efficiency plan sour – San Francisco journalist Dennis Pfaff, writing in Thelen’s Climate Law Update