Here are some tidbits to take your mind off Maryland’s heartbreaking loss yesterday:

• Jeffrey Toobin at The New Yorker gives three immediate observations about the legal implications of the health care legislation, including how it might affect the Supreme Court.
• Above the Law has more on the potential, legal fallout of the bill.
• Speaking of SCOTUS, an Iowa lawyer provides an interesting take in today’s Baltimore Sun about its upcoming Snyder v. Phelps case.
• Encyclopaedia Britannica files a $250 million lawsuit against Dickstein Shapiro LLP for allegedly botching a patent application. (HT: Law Shucks.)
• A former Wisconsin state employee has won a discrimination lawsuit against his employer… the State’s Equal Division. (HT and “Dept. of Irony” headline to Overlawyered.)
• Today’s business tip – prevent profit “leaking” by recording all of your time while in the office.

Much has been written on the potential impact of Black & Decker’s sale to Connecticut-based Stanley Works. The deal was announced last fall, but B&D’s shareholders just voted last week to approve it.

What I wondered, though, was how the fact that B&D is no longer headquartered here in Maryland will affect Miles & Stockbridge. B&D has historically been a major client for Baltimore-based Miles. I imagine that from the beginning of negotiations with Stanley until the sale was finalized, the firm was swimming in deal-related work. But now that the company’s gone, how much business will Miles lose?

Miles “will not be discussing this matter,” the firm’s spokeswoman told me.