Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 5/23/08

Because of the Memorial Day holiday this weekend, today’s post marks our last full update until Tuesday. We initially suspected that a lot of bloggers would take today off…but as the posts below will indicate, that wasn’t the case at all.

• Chantix going up in smoke – Dallas attorney Angel Reyes of Heygood, Orr, Reyes, Pearson & Bartolomei in his Angel Reyes Blog
• GAO report on nanotech guidance – Ohio lawyer Michael E. Heintz of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur in the firm’s Nanotechnology Law Report
• Renfroe seeks inquiry into whether new Katrina counsel associated with Scruggs, KLG – Portland attorney David Rossmiller of Dunn Carney in the firm’s Insurance Coverage Law Blog
• An overview of trade secrets law – Pennsylvania lawyer Michael Cassidy of Tucker Arensberg in the firm’s Med Law Blog
• Start of the summer season: HR topics to ponder now before they arise – Hartford attorney Daniel Schwartz of Pullman & Comley in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• What it takes to be a great trial lawyer – part 18 – Tennessee lawyer John Day of Day & Blair in his blog, Day on Torts
• A law firm marketing list of client service blogs – Legal marketing specialist Larry Bodine in his Law Marketing Blog
• Weather the Storm article now available from the Canadian Bar Association’s The National – Edge International’s Gerry Riskin at his blog Amazing Firms, Amazing Practices
• Relief for securitization vehicles: mortgage modification under foreclosure prevention programs – Los Angeles attorney D. Matthew Richardson of Sheppard Mullin in the firm’s Real Estate and Construction Law Blog
• New local DWI blog – Texas lawyer Hunter Biederman in his Frisco DWI Lawyer & Attorney Blog