Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : April 28, 2011

I tried to stay away from being quite as heavy on AT&T Mobility LLC. v. Concepcion today as I was yesterday but this is a big case the case and I’m still seeing a lot of excellent and varying opinions on it. Also, Linda Evers at Smart Grid Legal News has another great interview. Total posts on The LexBlog Network today: 149.

• SCOTUS Decision re AT&T Mobility v Concepcion Harms Consumers’ Chance at Justice – Seattle lawyer Catherine Fleming of Stritmatter Kessler Whelan Coluccio on the firm’s blog, Pacific Northwest Injury Law Advocate
• Concepcion Decision Not Surprising And Not the End of Consumer Class Actions – West Palm Beach attorney Dan Bushell on his blog, the Florida Appellate Review
• Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Rules – The SEC’s Deadline Passed, Where are the Rules? – Washington, DC lawyer Steven Berk on his blog, The Corporate Observer
• On Arbor Day 2011, Remembering How One Lonely Tree Helped Define the Scope of Judicial Power in the Sixth Circuit. – Cleveland attorney Steven Delchin of Squire Sanders on the firm’s Sixth Circuit Appellate Law Blog
• Food & Beverage Advertising to Children: Self-Regulation or Indigestion? – New York lawyer Joseph I. Rosenbaum of Reed Smith on the firm’s blog, Legal Bytes
• Innovation → IP Protection → Investment → A Safer, Smarter Grid – Philadelphia attorney Linda Evers of Stevens & Lee on the firm’s blog, Smart Grid Legal News
• US Supreme Court Gives New Life to Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements – Sacramento lawyer Robin E. Weideman of Carlton DiSante & Freudenberger in the firm’s California Labor & Employment Law Blog
• NY Court of Appeals Clarifies What Constitutes Improper Solicitation After Sale of Good Will of A Business – Seattle attorney Grace Healy on her Outside Inhouse Lawyer Blog
• AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion – Supreme Court Explores Procedural Safeguards Required for Class Actions – Virginia lawyer Andrew Trask of McGuireWoods on the firm’s blog, Class Action Countermeasures
• Medical Errors Cost $20 Billion to Economy – Spartanburg attorney Ray Mullman of Poliakoff & Associates on the firm’s South Carolina Nursing Home Blog