Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 1/19/09

After highlighting the five blogs to launch this week, we close things down with today’s best LexBlogosphere posts. Two of those blogs highlighted earlier have made their way into the top posts, well done.

• Russian crackdown on jury trial rights just a little less subtle than procedural “reforms” here – Georgia lawyer Ken Shigley in his Atlanta Injury Law & Civil Litigation Blog
• Sierra Club Files Petition for Review of Johnson CO2 Memo – Cleveland attorney Joe Koncelik of Frantz Ward in the firm’s Ohio Environmental Law Blog
• New Administration Should Promptly Halt Military Commissions, Group Says – Gabor Rona, the International Legal Director of Human Rights First, on ACS Blog
• Do You Need a Business License (Tax Certificate)? – San Diego lawyer Joseph Dang on his San Diego Small Business Law Blog
• Start Printing The Money: United States Mint Sued in Class Action – New Jersey attorney Mark Tabakman of Fox Rothschild on the firm’s blog, Wage & Hour – Development & Highlights
• Oregon Issues New Rest Break Regulations – Portland lawyer Dennis Westlind of Stoel Rives in the firm’s World of Work Blog
• Ban on Mandatory OT for Nurses Effective This Year – Philadelphia attorney Joel Barras of Reed Smith on their blog, Employment Law Watch
• Baby Boom Generation Now Outnumbered – Legal marketing specialist Larry Bodine at his Law Marketing Blog
• SoundExchange and CPB Reach a Settlement on Webcasting Royalties – More Deals to Come? – Washington, D.C. lawyer David Oxenford of Davis Wright Tremaine in the firm’s Broadcast Law Blog
• Three Ways You Can Help Advance Whistleblower Rights – Marshall Chriswell of the National Whistleblower Legal Defense & Education Fund in their Whistleblower Protection Blog