Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 10/17/08

It’s an unbelievably gorgeous day out in Missoula, Montana. If your kid is considering coming to school here, make them. Anyway, Friday brings a slightly slower pace than the rest of the week. Even so, some lawyers were able to put together worthwhile distractions for those of you still in the office on Friday afternoon. Have a great weekend everyone.

• SB 375: California Adopts New Law Geared to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Integrating Regional Transportation and Land Use Planning – Lawyers James E. Pugh, David Hunt and Michael Hansen of Sheppard Mullin on the firm’s Real Estate and Construction Law Blog  
• Recent Sixth Circuit Decision Authorizes Creative Solution to Address Runaway Intermittent Leave – Columbus attorney Brian Hall of Porter Wright on the firm’s Employer Law Report
• Using a Congressional Reference Case to Seek Funding for Louisiana Coastal Restoration – Baton Rouge lawyer Erich Rapp of Kean Miller in the firm’s Louisiana Coastal Wetlands Blog
• Decreasing Quality of Care – Lara Pettiss Harrill of Spartanburg-based Poliakoff & Associates on the firm’s South Carolina Nursing Home Blog
• Louisiana Virtual Law Firm Offers On-Line Wills – Self-help law specialist Richard Granat on his blog, Law That You Can Afford
• Shareholder Class Action Filed In North Carolina Business Court To Enjoin Wachovia-Wells Fargo Merger – Greensboro attorney Mack Sperling of Brooks Pierce in his blog, the North Carolina Business Litigation Report
• We’ve Been Saying This For Years: The Part About “We Are All Going To Be ‘Mixed Source'” – New York lawyer Jeff Neuburger of Proskauer Rose in the firm’s New Media & Technology Law Blog
• Court Rejects Challenge By Teacher Fired for Alleged Inappropriate Conduct on MySpace – Hartford attorney Daniel Schwartz of Pullman & Comley in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• $750,000 Verdict – Failure To Obtain Informed Consent For Foot Surgery (NY) – New Jersey lawyer Michael A. Quinn in his Podiatry Malpractice Blog
• Reminder From NY Appellate Court: In Real Estate, Rely Only on the Written Contract – Business litigation attorney Angelo Tartaro on Rogers & Tartaro’s Business Litigation Blog