Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : January 18, 2012

As could be expected on a day with all the protests, we had several insightful SOPA posts on the LexBlog Network today. Also, continuing our trend of hitting SCOTUS cases on LXBN, be sure to see today’s LXBN Roundtable on the Supreme Court recognizing ministerial exception in a discrimination claim against a church. Total posts on the LexBlog Network: 148.

• The OPEN Act: Another Legislative Option to SOPA and PIPA - Washington, DC lawyer David Kramer of DLA Piper on the firm’s blog, Re:Marks on Copyright and Trade
• "Perfect Hedge" – Criminal and Civil Insider Trading Charges Brought Against Seven Investment Professionals – Washington, DC attorney William McGrath of Porter Wright on the firm’s Federal Securities Law Blog
• Products Liability Law Ebbs as California Supreme Court Issues Definitive O’Neil Opinion – San Francisco lawyer Brian Thompson of Sedgwick on the firm’s blog, The Appellate Strategist
• The Paula Deen Principle: Don’t Worry, We Have a Pill for That – Dallas attorney Kay Van Wey on her blog, Pill Mill Monitor
• Innovated in China: China’s Aggressive Innovation and Patent Development Policy – Newark lawyer John Cahill of Gibbons on the firm’s IP Law Alert
• Websites Shut Down to Protest the Protect IP Act (PIPA) and Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) – Dallas lawyer Danica Mathes of Bell Nunnally on the firm’s blog, Practical IP
• The End Of Cheap China, With A Giant Caveat. – Seattle lawyer Dan Harris of Harris & Moure on the firm’s China Law Blog
• "Black Swan" Unpaid Interns Raising Legal Issues – New York attorney Devora Lindeman of Greenwald Doherty on the firm’s blog, Overtime Advisor
• Penn State Scandal: Trending in Sports? – New York lawyer Matthew Stockwell of Callahan & Fusco on the firm’s Sports in the Courts Blog
• SOPA: The debate in plain English – The Update and Editorial – Houston attorney Travis Crabtree of Looper Reed & McGraw on his blog, eMedia Law Insider

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