Best in Law Blogs : LexBlog Network : December 30, 2009

The resolutions for the new year continue to come in as Tom Kane has eight legal marketing resolutions for 2010. At the same time, Daniel Schwartz looks back on the year that was, summarizing Connecticut employment law in 2009. Before we move onto the articles, there were 95 posts on the LexBlog Network today.

• The New Year – A Good Time To Tackle Difficult Things – Idaho attorney John Kormanik of Kormanik Hallam & Sneed
• Summary Judgment: Myths and Realities – Des Moines lawyer Patrick Smith of Bradshaw, Fowler, Proctor & Fairgrave on his Iowa Employment Law Blog
• Providing the Least Restrictive Environment in Special Education: It’s Easy to Say, not Always Easy to Apply – Pennsylvania attorney Tim Gilsbach of Fox Rothschild on the firm’s Education Law Blog
• Best Practices: My Top Three Year-End and Year-Forward Assessments – Construction lawyer Matt DeVries of the Best Practices Construction Law Blog
• The Communications Decency Act Meets Ashcroft v. Iqbal: The Fourth Circuit’s Decision In Nemet Chevrolet, Ltd. v. Consumeraffairs.com – Greensboro attorney Mack Sperling of Brooks Pierce in his blog, the North Carolina Business Litigation Report
• 8 Marketing Resolutions for the New Year – Legal marketing specialist Tom Kane of Kane Consulting Inc. in his Legal Marketing Blog
• Federal Estate Tax "Death" in 2010 Creates Capital Gains Trap – New Jersey lawyer Deirdre Wheatley-Liss of Fein, Such, Kahn & Shepard on her New Jersey Estate Planning & Elder Law Blog
• Before the Ball Drops — 2009: The Year of Ricci v. DeStefano And… – Hartford attorney Daniel Schwartz of Pullman & Comley in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• When Mandatory Arbitration Fails. A Court Does the Right Thing; It doesn’t Second-Guess The Arbitrator! – Minneapolis lawyer Gavin Craig on his Twin Cities Business Litigation Blog
• Is This a Case of the Cobbler’s Son in Legal Malpractice? – Andrew Lavoott Bluestone on the New York Attorney Malpractice Blog