Best in Law Blogs : LexBlog Network : October 19, 2009

There are few things in life funnier than ridiculous lawsuits. A six-year-old child ruining his parents’ hoax on live television may be one, but ridiculous lawsuits are still great. Rachel Rubin of AdLaw By Request has the story of a serial cereal litigant—wait for it, not a typo—who has filed lawsuits against the makers of Froot Loops and Cap’N Crunch with Crunchberries because he was supposedly under the impression that both cereals were actually healthy.

• Serial (or Rather Cereal) Issues in Advertising – Los Angeles lawyer Rachel Rubin of Reed Smith on the firm’s blog, AdLaw By Request
• Why has it taken Harris County so long to tell us they won’t oppose a new trial for those cases with fake breath tests? – Houston attorney Dane Johnson of Johnson, Johnson & Baer, P.C. on their blog Houston DWI Law Blog
• Federal Judge Nukes Insurer On Duty to Defend Standard – Boston lawyer Michael Aylward of Morrison & Mahoney at the National Insurance Law Forum
• The Balloon Boy Hoax And How It Relates To Deposition Testimony – Conshohocken attorney Stuart Carpey of Kreithen Baron & Carpey on his blog, Pennsylvania Injury Law Report
• The Future: DNA Identify Theft? – Management consultant Cliff Mintz of BioInsights Inc. at his Bio Job Blog
• The Swine (H1N1) Flu & The Workplace – An Update on What Employers Need to Know Now – Hartford lawyer Daniel Schwartz of Pullman & Comley in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• Will Rush Apologize? Will Al Sharpton Sue if Rush Does Not? – Tennessee attorney John Day of Day & Blair at his blog, Day on Torts
• Divorcing Couples can Benefit from Collaborative Law, says Senior Judge – UK solicitor Richard Sharp on his Family Law Collaborative Divorce Blog
• Yaz and Yasmin: Drug Company Places Profits over Safety – San Mateo lawyer Kristine Meredith of The Danko Law Firm on their blog California Personal Injury Law Case Notes
• Fifth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Climate Change Class Action Brought by Private Plaintiffs Who Blame Hurricane Katrina on Global Warming – New York attorney Russell Jackson of Skadden on his blog, Consumer Class Actions and Mass Torts