Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 11/25/08

The decline in posting has definitely become apparent as we move closer to the long holiday weekend. There are still some lawyers putting together quality content as many of the regulars make an appearance in today’s LexBlogosphere roundup.

• New DOL Regs expand FMLA Leave Rights to Include Military Families – Los Angeles lawyer Brian Van Vleck of Van Vleck Turner & Zaller in the firm’s California Workforce Resource Blog
• Teamsters Seek Executive Compensation Reform – Ohio attorney Jack J. Gravelle of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur in the firm’s Federal Securities Law Blog
• Negotiating Thanksgiving by Being of Service – Lawyer-mediator Victoria Pynchon in her Settle It Now Negotiation Blog
• Supreme Court Rejects Appeal on Aliens’ Right to Vote in Union Elections – Portland attorney Dennis Westlind of Stoel Rives in the firm’s World of Work Blog
• GM and the Viability of Pension Plans – Massachusetts lawyer Stephen D. Rosenberg of The McCormack Firm in his Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
• Andrew Cuomo’s successful investigation into nursing homes – Spartanburg attorney Ray Mullman of Poliakoff & Associates in the firm’s South Carolina Nursing Home Blog
• Final Rule Implementing Patient Safety Act – Virginia lawyer Debra A. McCurdy of Reed Smith in the firm’s Health Industry Washington Watch Blog
• Top Police Departments for NJ DWI Charges are Released – New Jersey attorney John Marshall on his New Jersey Criminal Defense and DWI Blog
• Beware: 2009 is a “Pay Period Leap Year” When it Comes to Bi-Weekly Payroll Periods – Hartford lawyer Daniel Schwartz of Pullman & Comley in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• Google’s Wiki …what’s going on? – Dallas attorney Peter Vogel of Gardere Wynne Sewell on his Vogel Internet, Information Technology and e-Discovery Blog