Top 10 in Law Blogs: Starbucks Race Talks, Fracking Rules, Marijuana and Racism

Good stuff all around today. In the roundup, we have several articles offering perspectives on Starbucks push to have baristas discuss race issues with customers. On LXBN, Zosha has a great piece on why same-sex marriage isn’t the finish line on LGBT equality and Pepper Crutcher joins me on LXBN TV to talk Affordable Care Act contingency plans.

• Obama Administration Releases Federal Fracking Regulations – Sacramento attorney Mike Mills of Stoel Rives on the firm’s California Environmental Law Blog
• Values and American Family Businesses – Seattle lawyer Andrew Steen of Davis Wright Tremaine on the firm’s blog, Family Business Resource Center
• When is Data Security “Unfair”? – New York attorney David Munkittrick of Proskauer Rose on the firm’s Privacy Law Blog
• Courts, Congress Likely to Turn up the Heat on FCC’s Net Neutrality Order – Marc Martin, Marty Stern, and Brendon Fowler of K&L Gates on the firm’s blog, TMT Law Watch
• Uber, Lyft Decisions Highlight Difficulty of Classifying Workers in the Modern Economy – Del Mar attorney Evan Mix of Sheppard Mullin on the firm’s Labor & Employment Law Blog
• Marijuana And Racism: Bearing The Blunt Of The Problem – Katherine Schroeder on Harris Moure’s Canna Law Blog
• How Lawyers Can Deter the Cybertheft of Commercial Secrets – Washington, DC lawyer Stewart Baker of Steptoe & Johnson on the Steptoe Cyberblog
• US giants in trouble with new EU privacy rules – Milan lawyer Giulio Coraggio of DLA Piper on the firm’s blog, Technology’s Legal Edge
• Give Me a Coffee on the Clover, Hold the “Race Together” Please!!! – Baltimore lawyer Elizabeth Torphy-Donzella of Shaw Rosenthal on the firm’s blog, The Labor & Employment Report
• A conversation about race – Winston-Salem attorney Robin Shea of Constangy on the firm’s blog, Employment & Labor Insider

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