How do lawyers view Bitcoin? Have there been any articles or presentations about Bitcoins in any influential or respected law-related websites or perhaps interviews with notable lawyers or the like?
There have been plenty of dollars spent on lawyers by Mt. Gox, BitInstant and others, but for specific legal issues.

For instance, a decision after Mt. Gox sued its bank in France:


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=41317.0


There is the CryptoCurrency Legal Advocacy Group:


http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Cryptocurrency_Legal_Advocacy_Group
http://www.theclag.org


There is an argument that Bitcoin isn't a security (in the U.S.):


http://www.lextechnologiae.com/2011/06/26/why-bitcoin-isnt-a-security-under-federal-securities-law
http://www.lextechnologiae.com/2011/06/17/extending-real-world-laws-to-virtual-worlds-is-a-terrible-idea


Is Bitcoin a commodity then? 


http://blog.bitcointitan.com/post/17789738826/what-u-s-regulations-apply-to-bitcoins-as-commodities


Other links:

Ruben Grinberg's paper:
Bitcoin: An Innovative Alternative Digital Currency


http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1817857


Real legal issues with virtual currencies:


http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/sec/2010/051010sec2.html


Quora: Is Bitcoin Legal?


http://www.quora.com/Is-Bitcoin-legal


There are even lawyers who accept bitcoin:


http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Trade#Legal_Services
http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=65482.0


But that's about the extent of it, thus far -- at least what's publicly known.