Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 5/2/08

We won’t be having an update of live blogs this week, but for those RSS hounds still checking their newsfeed readers late Friday afternoon, we do have another batch of legal news…which was, as usual, selected purely for your enjoyment.

• Halverson seeks to avoid standing for election – Las Vegas attorney Tami Cowden of Kummer Kaempfer at her blog, Appealing in Nevada
• A conversation with Michael Dell – PKF Texas director Greg Price at his blog, From Greg’s Head
• FCC declares 700 club and TMZ are exempt from equal time – with some issues left unaddressed – Washington, D.C. attorney David Oxenford of Davis Wright Tremaine in the firm’s Broadcast Law Blog
• Caps on damages found to be unconstitutional – Spartanburg lawyer Ray Mullman of Poliakoff & Associates in the firm’s South Carolina Nursing Home Blog
• Can an employer contractually limit an employee’s time to file claims? – Ohio attorney Jamie LaPlante of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur in the firm’s Employer Law Report
• Trailer Lawyers demand sanctions for “scurrilous” allegations relating to Rigsby Trailer Summit – Portland lawyer David Rossmiller of Dunn Carney in the firm’s Insurance Coverage Law Blog
• Central United class action information – Atlanta attorney Mark Zamora at the Trial Lawyer Resource Center
• 1929 redux? – Texas lawyer Sean McCaffity of Rochelle, Hutcheson & McCullough in the firm’s blog Property of the Estate
• Euthanasia battle for pets heats up – Florida attorney Danny Meek at his Pet Trust Law Blog
• Commercial landlords: four important questions to ask when a tenant files for bankruptcy – Lawrenceville lawyer Thomas S. Onder of Stark & Stark in the firm’s New Jersey Law Blog