Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 3/10/09

It’s always fascinating to see how old laws are interpreted in today’s world. Today, the Newsroom Law Blog has some insight on a case where the Maryland Court of Appeals protected the First Amendment rights of anonymous internet posters by overturning a ruling that would’ve compelled a newspaper to reveal the identity of the anonymous posters involved in a defamation case. Just one of several interesting posts in today’s LexBlogosphere.

• U.S. Attorney Sends Mixed Messages On Medical Marijuana – The blogging constitutionalists at the American Constitution Society in their ACS Blog
• Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Chancery Court in AT & T Case Involving Stock Options – Wilmington lawyer Francis G.X. Pileggi of Fox Rothschild in his Delaware Corporate and Commercial Litigation Blog
• Analysis of Massachusetts nursing homes – Spartanburg attorney Ray Mullman of Poliakoff & Associates in the firm’s South Carolina Nursing Home Blog
• Do Your Clients Value Your Services? – Legal marketing specialist Tom Kane of Kane Consulting Inc. in his Legal Marketing Blog
• Regulation of Coal Ash: The Ball’s In EPA’s Court For Now – Boston lawyer Seth Jaffe of Foley Hoag on the firm’s blog, Law & The Environment
• Proposed Rule Issued Under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act – New York attorney Diane Pfadenhauer of EP Advisors on their blog, Strategic HR Lawyer
• Obama Issues Memorandum Ordering Reduced Wastefulness in the Federal Procurement Process – Pennsylvania lawyer Elise Carlin of Payne Hackenbracht & Sullivan on the firm’s Federal Construction Contracting Blog
• Looking Behind the Curtain – Tennessee attorney John Day of Day & Blair at his blog, Day on Torts
• Maryland High Court Protects Anonymous Internet Speech – Raleigh attorney Eric David of Brooks Pierce on the firm’s Newsroom Law Blog