Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 4/16/09

Today’s LexBlogosphere roundup contains a couple posts on some controversial and very newsworthy topics. These post include content on the CIA’s interrogation tactics during the Bush administration and attempting immigration reform during touch economic times. Take a look.

• DOJ Releases Bush Memos on CIA Tactics; Issues Statement on CIA Officers Involved In Controversial Interrogations – The blogging constitutionalists at the American Constitution Society in their ACS Blog
• Court Finds Party’s Discovery Performance “Clearly Egregious” but Undeserving of Harshest Sanctions, Orders Additional Discovery and Forensic Examination of Backup Systems to Verify Completeness of Production – David Bowerman of K&L Gates on the firm’s Electronic Discovery Law blog
• An Important Reminder: Collective Bargaining Agreements Can Prevent Employers from Reducing or Terminating Retiree Medical Benefits – Cleveland attorney Ann M. Caresani of Porter Wright on the firm’s Employer Law Report
• The Argument for Immigration Reform During Tough Economic Times – West Des Moines lawyer Austin Kennedy of Brick Gentry on his Immigration Law Report
• DOE Announces $41.9 Million to Spur Growth of Fuel Cell Markets – Hartford attorney Brad N. Mondschein of Pullman & Comley on his Green Energy & Development Law Blog
• DOL’s old ARB continues to clobber whistleblowers – Richard Renner of the National Whistleblower Center on their Whistleblowers Protection Blog
• Stimulus Funding for Diesel through U.S. EPA’s DERA Program; Update On Ohio’s DERG Program – Cleveland lawyer Joe Koncelik of Frantz Ward in his Ohio Environmental Law Blog
• What Do I Say To A Prospective Client To Win Their Business? – Legal marketing specialist Larry Bodine at his Law Marketing Blog
• Green Buildings: Why the word Green needs to vanish – St. Petersburg LEED AP Richard Cartlidge on his blog, Green Building & Environmental Trends
• Do Some Consumers Really Relish Recalled Products? – Milwaukee attorney Shawn Stevens of Gass Weber Mulins on the firm’s blog, Defending Food Safety