Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 6/24/08
By Rob La Gatta
June 24, 2008
Busy day today, which means that this update isn’t coming out as early in the afternoon as it should. Our apologies to devotee fans; here’s hoping the 10 posts below – covering everything from the trials of running a solo practice to memories of the late George Carlin – are enough to make it up to you.
- State Supreme Court affirms class certification in GM case – Philadelphia attorney Sean Wajert of Dechert LLP at his Mass Tort Defense Blog
- Still an uphill battle in getting clients to hire solos, but there’s a fix – Washington, D.C. lawyer Carolyn Elefant at her blog, My Shingle
- LIfe sciences companies spent record amount on lobbying efforts in 2007 – Los Gatos attorney Kristie Prinz in her California Biotech Law Blog
- Anticorruption enforcement “stalemate” and other web notes – Ohio lawyer Kevin LaCroix of OakBridge Insurance Services at his blog, The D & O Diary
- When are misstatements “knowingly” false? – Orange Park attorney David McCranie in his Florida Workers’ Compensation Law Blog
- Curbing greenhouse emissions good for the planet, good for people, enviros say – San Francisco journalist Dennis Pfaff blogging at Thelen’s Climate Law Update
- And the award for the pharma/biotech company that spent the most money lobbying Congress in 2007 goes to… – Management consultant Cliff Mintz of BioInsights Inc. at his Bio Job Blog
- U.S. District Court appoints receiver for Norcross based building supplier Ply-Marts, Inc. – Atlanta lawyer Scott Riddle in his Georgia Bankruptcy Law Blog
- Government report raps DOJ over political hiring – The blogging constitutionalists at the American Constitution Society in their ACS Blog
- Salmonella associated with Los Tres Amigos – The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Pritzker Ruohonen in the firm’s Food Poisoning Law Blog
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