Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 10/7/08

With the exception of one great post by Max Kennerly, we step away from news on the financial crisis, which I’m sure everyone’s seen close to enough of from other news sources. So, here are the ten best posts on recent litigation and other prominent legal news.

• The Parties Agree to the Jurisdiction of any State or Federal court sitting in [Fill in Blank.] You Have to Love Standard Contract Language! – Minneapolis attorney Gavin Craig on his Twin Cities Business Litigation Blog
• The Billable Hour – Seattle lawyer Ken Odza of Stoel Rives in the firm’s Food Liability Law Blog
• Defamation Claim Against Lawyer Properly Dismissed Says North Carolina Court Of Appeals – Greensboro attorney Mack Sperling of Brooks Pierce in his blog, the North Carolina Business Litigation Report
• U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Six L&E Cases This Term – Portland lawyer Dennis Westlind of Stoel Rives in the firm’s World of Work Blog
• Supplier Sustainability- Should Sustainable Purchasing Principles Be Applied to Your Attorney? – Cleveland attorney Joe Koncelik of Frantz Ward in his Ohio Environmental Law Blog
• NGOs Charged With Playing Larger Role in Climate Regulation and Climate Litigation – New York lawyer Jennifer Liu of Howrey on the firm’s Global Climate Law Blog
• Criminal Background Checks – Act 73’s Impact on Pennsylvania Employers – State College attorney John Baker of McNees Wallace & Nurick on the firm’s Pennsylvania Labor and Employment Blog
• Federal Court Denies Certification of PFOA Medical Monitoring Class – Philadelphia lawyer Sean Wajert of Dechert LLP in his Mass Tort Defense Blog
• Citigroup v. Wells Fargo in re Wachovia: Can You Simultaneously Sue in Federal and State Court? – Philadelphia attorney Maxwell Kennerly of The Beasley Firm at his blog, Litigation & Trial
• Preventable Medical Errors: Neither Insurance Nor Patients Should Pay – The blogging lawyers and attorneys at Regan, Zambri & Long on the firm’s DC Metro Area Medical Malpractice Law Blog