Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 6/20/08

Some of my professors this past year were quick to point out that life is based on taking risks, on trying new things even if they don’t work out. Such was the case with our attempt to restructure these daily LexBlogosphere updates yesterday: while we received some positive feedback, the overwhelming response was a negative one. So we’re back to our original format today.

• The political broadcasting implications of an Olympic ad buy – Washington, D.C. attorney David Oxenford of Davis Wright Tremaine in the firm’s Broadcast Law Blog
• Real estate agents playing nice: a sign of the times – New York real estate broker Douglas Heddings at his blog, True Gotham
• Feds touting ways to adapt to climate change – San Francisco journalist Dennis Pfaff, writing in Thelen’s Climate Law Update
• The other ADR: insurance and indemnity agreements – Attorney-mediator Victoria Pynchon in The IP ADR Blog
• California hands-free law takes effect July 1 – Sacramento lawyer Jeremy T. Naftel of Carlton DiSante & Freudenberger in the firm’s California Labor & Employment Law Blog
• The Sudoku mistrial lesson: trial attorneys should be alert to possible distractions – New York attorney Beverley Rogers of Rogers & Tartaro in the firm’s Business Litigation Blog
• What’s a 401(k) and 403(b) broker to do? – Retirement specialist Jerry Kalish of National Benefit Services Inc. in his Retirement Plan Blog
• DMEPOS competitive bidding delay legislation introduced – Virginia lawyer Debra A. McCurdy of Reed Smith in the firm’s Health Industry Washington Watch Blog
• Florida Supreme Court withdraws opinion on CD issues – Boston attorney Mike Aylward of  of Morrison & Mahoney at the National Insurance Law Forum
• Surgery may leave more than a scar – The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Regan Zambri & Long in their DC Metro Area Medical Malpractice Law Blog