Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 8/18/08

Back to the work week today, with plenty of LexBlog clients churning out solid content worth highlighting. Kristie Prinz, the California attorney whose California Biotech Law Blog is always a good read, is among the lawyers coming back into the fold this afternoon after a brief absence from these LexBlogosphere updates.

• Fallout continues on Roche bid for Genentech – Los Gatos attorney Kristie Prinz in her California Biotech Law Blog
• Avila v. Continental Airlines: Ignorance regarding protected medical leaves is not always bliss – The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Sheppard Mullin in the firm’s Labor & Employment Law Blog
• Side letter: what role does the Parol Evidence Rule play in subsequent writing? – Chicago lawyer Sam Conforti in his Software Licensing & Master Service Agreements Blog
• Do-it-yourself online divorce kits – buyer beware – Texas attorney J. Shannon Cavers in her Houston Divorce & Family Law Attorney Blog
• The latest trend? Another free-speech victory for employees – Hartford lawyer Daniel Schwartz of Pullman & Comley in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• Rooker-Feldman vs. Res Judicata in the Third Circuit? – Pennsylvania attorney Josh Knapp of Barley Snyder in the firm’s Pennsylvania Litigation Blog
• No unfair and deceptive practices claim in dispute between LLC members – Greensboro lawyer Mack Sperling of Brooks Pierce in his blog, the North Carolina Business Litigation Report
• California stands firm in rejecting non-compete – Ohio attorney Kevin Griffith of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur in the firm’s Employer Law Report
• Do patent infringement litigants WANT an inefficient dispute resolution process? – Attorney-mediator Victoria Pynchon at The IP ADR Blog
• Don’t keep your corporate name a secret – Iowa lawyer Rush Nigut of Brick Gentry at his blog, Rush on Business