Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 9/17/08

As the economic state of the nation gets even more shaky and most news outlets follow that closely, we take a step back and look at a few other law-related topics. The story is still too big to leave out all economics-related posts though.

• DOJ Says OK to Buy First, Investigate Later – The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Sheppard Mullin in the firm’s Corporate & Securities Law Blog
• BREAKING NEWS: House Passes ADA Amendments Act; Bill Goes To President for Signature – Hartford attorney Daniel Schwartz of Pullman & Comley in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• March of the alternative meds – Cambridge lawyer Michael Cohen on his Complementary and Alternative Medicine Law Blog
• Failure to Accommodate Disabled Employee May Result in Constructive Discharge – Portland attorney Dennis Westlind of Stoel Rives in the firm’s World of Work Blog
• Estate Plans With Reins: Directed Trusts Allow Pinpoint Control of an Asset – Miami lawyer Juan Antunez of Stokes McMillan Maracini & Antunez in his Florida Probate & Trust Litigation Blog
• AIG: The Apocalypse – Cary, NC attorney D. Hardison Wood on his North Carolina Product Liability Blog
• Avoiding Litigation You Can’t Manage: Planning Your Estate and Talking About It – Business litigation lawyer Angelo Tartaro on Rogers & Tartaro’s Business Litigation Blog
• Are Trials Really That Important? – Chicago attorney Jonathan Rosenfeld on Strellis & Field’s Chicago Nursing Home Lawyer Blog
• Jones Day v. Blockshopper: Lighting the Legal Web on Fire – Illinois lawyer R. David Donoghue of DLA PIper in his Chicago IP Litigation Blog