Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 7/9/08
By Rob La Gatta
July 9, 2008
Today’s update features both our usual batch of ten updates from around the legal blogosphere and the success story of a LexBlog client who received national exposure this morning (find out more on that at the end of this post).
- Salmonella Saintpaul makes more than 1,000 sick: CDC putting focus on peppers, cilantro as well – The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Marler Clark in the firm’s Salmonella Blog
- Less can be more: success fee billing and ADR – New Jersey attorney Richard J. Webb of Healthcare Netural in his Healthcare Neutral ADR Blog
- While the federal government remains serious about immigration enforcement, its “no-match letter” program remains in limbo – The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Sheppard Mullin in the firm’s Labor & Employment Law Blog
- Those “outlaw” television networks? – Richard T. Kaplar at The Media Institute in their Media & Communications Policy Blog
- The North Carolina Business Court is a “model for the nation” – Greensboro lawyer Mack Sperling of Brooks Pierce in his blog, the North Carolina Business Litigation Report
- Sometimes real estate is depressing – New York real estate broker Douglas Heddings at his blog, True Gotham
- It’s official – Siemens is laying off 16,750 employees – Management consultant Cliff Mintz of BioInsights Inc. in his Bio Job Blog
- The history of Social Security (as we know it today) – Retirement planning specialist Jerry Kalish of National Benefit Services Inc. in his Retirement Plan Blog
- Winning the battle, but losing the war – The blogging lawyers & attorneys at McGlinchey Stafford in the firm’s CAFA Law Blog
- Damages for wage-hour law violations can escalate rapidly – New York attorney Angelo Tartaro of Rogers & Tartaro in the firm’s Business Litigation Blog
Also worth noting: Kevin LaCroix, author of The D & O Diary, got a lengthy write-up – complete with headshot – at the WSJ Law Blog this morning. The article, which focuses on Kevin’s understanding of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), cites the Ohio attorney’s post from yesterday titled “FCPA enforcement and civil litigation: a mid-year view.”
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