Inter Alia, Latin for "among other things", is a column that is original to The Legal Scoop (as far as I know!).  The purpose is to link to interesting articles at various legal blogs from all over the internet. If you want articles from your blog considered for The Legal Scoop's "Inter Alia"  column, please email me with your requests.

Onward with this week's edition of Inter Alia:

• Over at the Sports Law Blog, Rick Karcher discusses the application of anti-trust labor exemptions to professional golf and tennis. Very interesting article.
• R. Enochs writes about a man who attempted to cash a check for $360 billion. Can you say F-E-L-O-N-Y?
• Legally Numb  takes out her frustration regarding dissecting law school exams after taking them.
• Check out The Legal Underground's Law School Roundup. Many more links are provided to interesting legal articles around the web.

Have a good one...

It is amazing to sometimes read about very antiquated and outdated laws that are still on the books in states throughout our country. For example, did you know that...

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The New York Times published in article in January 2008 titled "The Falling-Down Professions." Lawyers were one of the professions discussed and the article was apparently written in response to empirical data proving that a shocking percentage of lawyers do not make it too long in the practice of law...

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The Florida Supreme Court's Commission on Professionalism is in the process of reviewing a proposal to implement a mandatory mentoring program for newly admitted attorneys in the state...

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In honor of past contributors to The Legal Scoop who are soon to be first year associate attorneys with firms, I thought I would provide a top ten list for surviving the first year as an associate at a law firm...

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College coaches are breaching coaching contracts at a record pace these days. The reason is quite simple, as the money involved in college coaching is nothing short of astronomical. The acceptance of the breaches, however, is the part that is not understood by many in both the general population and those involved in the field of sports...

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Updated on Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 09:24PM by Scott Felsenthal

Microsoft just recently came public with their announcement to withdraw their offer to acquire Yahoo! in what would have been a blockbuster deal. Apparently, after months of negotiations, Yahoo!'s CEO and board of directors felt like the offer was inferior to what the company is worth. On a personal note, I highly disagree.

Here is the legal problem...

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One of the hot topic areas in employment law and litigation has been whether work done (i.e. checking and responding to emails) on a Blackberry after work hours should be compensable time. Let's walk through this hypothetical scenario...

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