Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 6/9/08

Back into the swing of things, with another batch of ten updates for your reading pleasure. From a $35 million Qui tam settlement to a trio of pivotal Supreme Court decisions, the legal blogosphere continues to churn.

• Caplash redux: 50% member cannot hire lawyer to represent LLC in dispute with other 50% member – New York attorney Peter Mahler of Farrell Fritz in his New York Business Divorce Blog
• Walgreen’s Pharmacy settles $35 million Qui tam case – Juliet Sallette at LaBovick & LaBovick in the firm’s Whistleblower Law Blog
• Free wi-fi at New Jersey State Bar Association headquarters – The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Stark & Stark in the firm’s New Jersey Law Blog
• Can a pet trustee receive payment? – Florida attorney Danny Meek in his Pet Trust Law Blog
• FORTUNE Small Business features Rice Business Plan competitors – PKF Texas director Greg Price at his blog, From Greg’s Head
• Historic Hillary – and hesitation – Senior consultant Ronda Muir of Robin Rolfe Resources, Inc. in her blog, Law People
• Genie cannot be put back in the bottle once botched EEOC filing gets to court – Lancaster lawyer Michael Moore of McNees Wallace & Nurick in the firm’s Pennsylvania Labor & Employment Blog
• FDA to form committee to analyze BPA issues – Philadelphia attorney Sean Wajert of Dechert LLP in his Mass Tort Defense Blog
• Three unanimous Supreme decisions: RICO, private attorney generals, and patent law – The blogging constitutionalists at the American Constitution Society in their ACS Blog
• Extrinsic evidence must be considered to determine if ambiguity exists in contract – San Francisco lawyer Sara Thorpe of Gordon & Rees at the National Insurance Law Forum