Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 2/18/08

Starting off the week with another 10 posts. Most, but not all, of today’s selections are from lawyers operating in and around the East Coast.

• Another working time class class action: the more things change… – New Jersey attorney Mark Tabakman of Fox Rothschild in the firm’s Wage & Hour – Developments & Highlights Blog
• Permanent residency for investors – Texas lawyer Bob Kraft of Kraft & Associates in his Immigration Law Answers Blog
• Corps seeks reimbursement for Mississippi River dredging from coastal restoration budget – Baton Rouge attorney Erich Rapp of Kean Miller in his Louisiana Coastal Wetlands Blog
• Accuracy of exempt classification key to avoiding class action overtime claims – Ohio lawyer Jeff Weber of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur in the firm’s Employer Law Report
• Texas Supreme Court holds public policy does not prohibit insurance coverage for punitive damages – Texas attorney Chris Martin at the National Insurance Law Forum
• Newspaper series reveals House of Raeford hid worker injuries, refused medical treatment – Greensboro lawyer Dan Deuterman of The Deuterman Law Group in their North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Law Blog
• What’s your schedule on Tuesday? – PKF Texas director Greg Price in his blog, From Greg’s Head
• House Resolution 1216 passes unanimously in US Senate – New Jersey lawyer Bruce Stern of Stark & Stark in the firm’s Traumatic Brain Injury Law Blog
• DUI and Miranda warnings – Florida attorney Ron Chapman in his West Palm Beach Criminal Defense Blog
• ICR v. Fish & Richardson: patent infringement gets personal – Illinois lawyer R. David Donoghue of DLA Piper in his Chicago IP Litigation Blog