Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 1/20/09

As could be expected, several of today’s posts are directed towards Barack Obama, now the 44th President of the United States. Take a look at the many ways he will influence and change certain fields of law.

• Obama and US Science – Management consultant Cliff Mintz of BioInsights Inc. at his Bio Job Blog
• Icy Injuries: Assigning responsibility in Iowa parking lots – West Des Moines attorney Benjamin Clark of Sullivan & Ward on the firm’s Iowa Law Blog
• House Stimulus Plan Includes More Than $800 Million for Small Businesses – San Diego lawyer Joseph Dang on his San Diego Small Business Law Blog
• Dear Mr. President….An Inauguration Day Letter on Employment Law – Hartford attorney Daniel Schwartz of Pullman & Comley in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• Congratulations President Obama: Now Please Fix ERISA Disability Claims Law – New York lawyer Troy Rosasco of Turley, Redmond & Rosasco on their The New York Disability Law Blog
• Blogs Speak: Where Will the Obama Administration Lead IP – Illinois attorney R. David Donoghue of Holland & Knight on his Chicago IP Litigation Blog
• Lawsuit to be Filed in Nationwide Outbreak of Salmonella in Peanut Butter – Seattle lawyer Bill Marler of Marler Clark in his Marler Blog
• The Devil in the Details: When Do You First Talk Terms? – Attorney-mediator Victoria Pynchon in her Settle It Now Negotiation Blog
• What Americans want from a retirement plan – Retirement expert Jerry Kalish on the National Benefit Services’ Retirement Plan Blog
• VitaminWater Gets Sued! – Nutrition blogger Gerald Pugliese at Dr. Joel Fuhrman’s blog, Disease Proof