Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 7/7/08

Welcome back to the work week, readers…we trust you had a safe and happy Fourth of July, and that you’re ready to immerse yourself in what our corner of the legal blogosphere has to offer on this fine afternoon. We’ve got a good batch of content today, some of which is highlighted below.

• Recent California decision addresses whether directors and officers can be liable for unpaid wages of a bankrupt company – San Francisco attorney Bob Eisenbach of Cooley Godward Kronish in the firm’s In The (Red) Business Bankruptcy Blog
• New Connecticut law threatens $500,000 penalty for privacy violations – Los Angeles lawyer Joseph K. Wright of Proskauer Rose in the firm’s Privacy Law Blog
• A case to watch re workplace monitoring: Sidell v. Structured Settlement Investments – San Diego attorney Justin A. Morello of Littler Mendelson in the firm’s Workplace Privacy Counsel Blog
• Florida legislation moves toward renewable standards, cap-and-trade – San Francisco journalist Dennis Pfaff, blogging at Thelen’s Climate Law Update
• Bits, bytes and potential pitfalls: e-discovery continued – Bakersfield attorney Terrence T. Egland of Klein Denatale Goldner in the firm’s California Business Bankruptcy Blog
• Federal involvement – a good thing? – Waco lawyer Walter Reaves in his Texas Criminal Law Blog
• Clearly, a reason to avoid using intensifiers – Austin attorney D. Todd Smith in his Texas Appellate Law Blog
• Here’s why you and your clients need an ESI policy – Johnette Hassell, founder and CEO of Electronic Evidence Retrieval LLC, in her Computer Forensics & E-Discovery Blog
• North Carolina Business Court decisions on appeal – Greensboro attorney Mack Sperling of Brooks Pierce LLP in his blog, the North Carolina Business Litigation Report
• ETUC passes resolution on nanotechnologies and nanomaterials – Washington, D.C. lawyer Lynn Bergeson of Bergeson & Campbell in the firm’s Nanotechnology Law Blog