AROUND THE BLOGOSPHERE -- December 2008

* Apple is being sued for false advertising for its claim that the iPhone 3G gives twice the speed at half the cost.

* From the CL&P blog, new credit card rules are set to be adopted. Also from the CL&P Blog, complaints against debt collectors are on the rise. 

* The New Legal Writer has a quote from Judge Posner admonishing misleading statements of fact in appellate briefs.

* The Legal Malpractice Blog, has a post regarding attorney client privilege in legal malpractice.
* AboveTheLaw, as always, has a ton of great posts. Big firms are having difficulty getting clients to pay their bills. Lindsay Lohan's girlfriend Samantha Ronson sued blogger Perez Hilton for calling her a "lezbot," lost, sued her attorney for malpractice, and is now being sued by both Perez and her former attorney, Martin Garbus, for legal fees. An Australian Court approved service of process through Facebook where a couple had evaded all other avenues of service; the couple, catching wind of the decision, promptly closed their facebook accounts.

* From the NY Personal Injury Law Blog, Bronx County Trial Judge Paul Victor has issued an opinion expressing his frustration at New York's No-Fault scheme. The blog also contains a fairly persuasive argument by Chief Judge Kaye should be named to the US Senate.

* According to the WSJ Law Blog, Bambu Rolling Paper Company has sued a t-shirt company that makes Obama themed t-shirts, some of which use altered versions of their logo, for patent infringement. Apparently, Bambu is is one of the world's 1000 oldest companies dates to 1764.  The Law Blog also followed up on an op-ed in the print edition from a man named Learned Foote.  Apparently, Mr. Foote -- whose father is a Harvard Law School Alumn -- was indeed named after famed jurist Learned Hand.  

* A lot of blogging about blogging.  Advice for the Young Lawyer is celebrating its 1st year online, and has a post giving advice on starting a blog. Frank Ramos advises posting regularly, have a niche, and know where your blog fits into a business plan. I did an introspective 1 year post about six months ago (trackback), and I've kept to about half of what I planned.  Law.com also has a post giving advice on blogging.  The How to Build A Solo Practice Blog had a post on using social media. 

* The Volokh Conspiracy has a post on property rights on the moon, here. I posted on the same topic a while ago, here.

* The economy is still terrible.  AboveTheLaw has a post on finding a job during the recession.  Law.com also reported on the continuing and disturbing trend of large firms rescinding the offers they made to students earlier in the year.  For those who are being laid off, the Connecticut Employment Blog has a post on seperation agreements, including an interesting survey of average severance pay.  

* Motions to dismiss have been denied in the class action suits against Countrywide and New Century, related to their roles in the subprime meltdown.  

* A federal judge ordered that a portion of a video deposition be removed from YouTube.  

* Scholastic has settled its lawsuit against Infinity Resources Inc. and DeepDiscount.com for shipping the last potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, ahead of schedule.  Damn muggles can't follow directions!