Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 12/8/09

With finals week here the scheduled has tightened up a bit for myself; the LexBlogosphere roundup comes a little bit later because of that. If not tonight, posts on the Google Books digitization settlement, the Tribune Company’s bankruptcy and other interesting topics should make a good read in the morning.

• The Google Book Digitization Settlement: The Fair Use Question Remains – The blogging lawyers and attorneys at Sheppard Mullin on their Intellectual Property Law Blog
• First Federal Court Decision to Uphold “Termination” Based on MySpace Content Rejects First Amendment Claim of the “Drunken Pirate” – San Francisco attorney Philip Gordon of Littler Mendelson on the firm’s Workplace Privacy Counsel
• Marriage Rights for Same-Sex Couples Before Iowa Supreme Court – The blogging constitutionalists at the American Constitution Society in their ACS Blog
• The Tribune Company Free Falls Into Bankruptcy – Chicago lawyer Steve Jakubowski of The Coleman Law Firm on the The Bankruptcy Law Blog
• Pre-existing conditions are for the most part irrelevant under Illinois work comp – Chicago attorney Michael Helfand on his Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog
• Smile the guardian interlock is now taking pictures – Texas lawyer Herman Martinez of Madrid, Martinez & Associates on their blog, Houston Criminal Law Journal
• On Writing Well – Texas attorney Jamie Spencer in his Austin DWI Lawyer Blog
• Fireman’s Fund Leads The Pack In Green Insurance Products – Philadelphia LEED AP Shari Shapiro on her Green Building Law Blog
• Don’t Forget the Website! – Milwaukee lawyer Chad Wiener of Quarles & Brady on the firm’s E-Discovery Bytes
• The Long Arm Of The Law! You Can’t Sue Me There! I’m Here! Continued! – Minneapolis attorney Gavin Craig on his Twin Cities Business Litigation Blog