Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 8/21/08

Today’s update features a fine mix of authors. Though a good number of them are frequent guests, a few – like Seattle attorney Stacia Lay or the Delaware lawyers at Morris James – are being brought back into the fold after a lull in activity.

• Copyright owners must consider fair use in connection with DMCA notices – Seattle attorney Stacia Lay of Hendricks & Lewis at her blog, IP Law Chat
• Marketing department layoffs – same as lawyer layoffs? – Legal marketing expert Ed Poll in his LawBizBlog
• Appeals Court sides with school’s ban on confederate flag clothing – The blogging constitutionalists at the American Constitution Society in their ACS Blog
• Malpractice alert: is it a settlement conference or a mediation? – Attorney-mediator Victoria Pynchon at The IP ADR Blog
• Current real estate marketing requires more patience – New York real estate broker Douglas Heddings at his blog, True Gotham
• Superior Court holds D&O insurer’s consent was required for settlement – The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Morris James in the firm’s Delaware Business Litigation Report
• DUI/DWI lawyers: biggest slime balls on the face of the Earth? – Texas lawyer Jamie Spencer in his Austin DWI Lawyer Blog
• E-Discovery amendments to California’s Civil Discovery Act now awaiting Governor’s signature – The blogging lawyers & attorneys at K & L Gates in the firm’s Electronic Discovery Law Blog
• Virginia firm settles Qui tam litigation for $225 million – Juliet Sallette at LaBovick & LaBovick in the firm’s Whistleblower Law Blog
• 50 best law firms for women named by Working Mother magazine – Legal marketing expert Larry Bodine in his Law Marketing Blog