Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 10/29/08

Today’s LexBlogosphere roundup is dominated by election-related posts. While some of them are not directly tied to the legal realm, I believe each of their varied perspectives and topics of discussion are good to hear from as we move within a week of the big day.

• Federal Court Dismisses Class Action Seeking Medical Monitoring for Beryllium Exposure – Philadelphia lawyer Sean Wajert of Dechert LLP in his Mass Tort Defense
• Bad Economy Forces Thelen Reid Out of Business – Legal marketing expert Larry Bodine at his Law Marketing Blog
• New Ruling On Meal Breaks and Itemized Wage Statements: Brinkley v. Public Storage, Inc. – Los Angeles attorney Anthony Zaller of Van Vleck Turner & Zaller in the firm’s California Workforce Resource Blog
• Groups Launch ‘Real-Time’ Election Protection Web Site – The blogging constitutionalists at the American Constitution Society in their ACS Blog
• JUST HOW DO TRIALS WORK? – Philadelphia lawyer Mark Ashton of Fox Rothschild on the firm’s Pennsylvania Family Law blog
• Justice Thrives in a Healthy Democracy: California Voting Information Here – Attorney-mediatory Victoria Pynchon at the IP ADR Blog
• Conn. Appellate Court: Employer Was Justified in Firing Employee Who Refused a Return to Work Medical Examination – Hartford lawyer Daniel Schwartz of Pullman & Comley in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• Election Day – Illinois attorney R. David Donoghue of DLA Piper in his Chicago IP Litigation Blog
• ADA Amendments may Open the Door for Nicotine Addiction Claims – Lancaster lawyer Michael Moore of McNees Wallace & Nurick in the firm’s Pennsylvania Labor & Employment Blog
• Retaliation Claims From Are Difficult for Either Side – Ridgefield, Connecticut attorney Angelo Tartaro on Rogers & Tartaro’s Business Litigation Blog