Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 6/25/08

It’s the middle of the week, and now is as good a time as any to provide an update on the current state of the LexBlogosphere. Lots of news being churned out today, and a particularly heavy amount of content focusing on employment/labor law. Some of those are highlighted below in our broader batch of 10.

• The beneficiaries to a life insurance policy can be changed by email – Vancouver attorney Mike Thomas of Harper Grey in his Canadian Insurance Law Blog
• United States Supreme Court cuts Exxon Valdez punitive damage award – Birmingham lawyer Ivan B. Cooper of Lightfoot Franklin White in the firm’s blog, Alabama Appellate Watch
• The NPS class action lawsuit: James & Gahr – Kansas attorney William Statler of Statler Legal Services in his Death Care Compliance Law Blog
• Kentucky shooting a reminder to employers to remain on guard for workplace violence – Hartford lawyer Daniel Schwartz of Pullman & Comley in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• Five common mistakes in sexual harassment policies – Los Angeles attorney Anthony Zaller of Van Vleck Turner & Zaller in the firm’s California Workforce Resource Blog
• Estate planning advice for some of the ten million millionaires in the world – New York lawyer Angelo Tartaro of Rogers & Tartaro in the firm’s Business Litigation Blog
  
• Mandatory sick leave bill could cost California almost 400,000 jobs – The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Carlton DiSante & Freudenberger in their California Labor & Employment Law Blog
• New Idaho statute expands noncompetition agreements – Portland attorney Dennis Westlind of Stoel Rives in the firm’s World of Work Blog
• New study on state regulation of nanotechnology – Ohio lawyer Michael E. Heintz of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur in the firm’s Nanotechnology Law Report
• It’s not too late to take advantage of spin life policies – an update – Texas attorney Angel Reyes of Heygood Orr Reyes Pearson & Bartolomei in his Angel Reyes Blog