Top 10 in Law Blogs: NFL, Privacy Shield, and Labor Standards

Quick tidbit: Even though the fourteenth amendment was adopted on July 9th, 1868, Secretary of State William H. Seward issued an unconditional certificate of ratification dated July 28th, 1868, declaring that the fourteenth amendment had now been duly ratified. Now here’s your Top 10 in Law Blogs:

• NFL and Players Union Agree to New Game Day Concussion Protocol Enforcement Policy – Shawn N. Butte and Gregg E. Clifton of Jackson Lewis’ Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Blog break down the latest agreement between the NFL and the NFL players association.
• Houston (Astros), We Have a Problem – Jeffrey Heuer of the Byte Back Blog looks back at the Houston Astros hacking case and presents nine lessons that could help your company reduce the possibility of a data breach.
• Inhospitable Taxation: Governments Sue Online Travel Companies For Back Taxes. Is Louisiana Next? –  “Cities and municipalities in 34 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico have begun suing OTCs claiming that the OTCs are not paying an adequate amount of taxes on the online bookings.”
• Navigating from Safe Harbor to Privacy Shield: A Primer – The Chronicle of Data Protection Blog by Hogan Lovells summarizes the three general steps needed for companies to transition from the Safe Harbor framework to the Privacy Shield.
• DOJ Extends Comment Period for ADA Title II SANPRM, Cites Impact on Title III Rule – The ADA Title III Blog by Seyfarth Shaw explains the significance of the DOJ moving the SANPRM comments periods back 60 days to October 7, 2016.
• Seventh Circuit Clarifies Rules for Compensating Tipped Employees Performing Non-tipped Work – The Fair Labor Standards Act allows restaurants to pay tipped employees below minimum wage with the expectation that they will make up the difference in tips, however there has been some outrage lately because servers often times have to prepare food, polish silverware, and other “non-tipped functions.” So should these servers be paid differently when performing these duties, or are these jobs something they may be tipped for, or at least affect their tip? See what the seventh circuit ruled in this article by Stanley Ball of the Employment Class Action Blog.
• LexBlog Leaders: School Law Understands the Range of Needs a Client Has – Our own Zosha Millman continues to pump out LexBlog original content. Today she talked to Gary Brochu, a partner and blogger at Shipman & Goodwin LLP.
• What’s in a word? No arbitration for lawyer accused of breaches in deal with client – The Law for Lawyers Today checks out the unique case of a client turned business partner turned former client, got that? Karen Rubin of Thompson Hine explains it a little better inside.
• One of these days… – Kenneth Grady of the SeytLines blog explains lean thinking through the lenses of a classic sitcom.
• Creating Clients For Life – The Marketing Brain Fodder blog tells the story of how one cruise liner was able to “create clients for life” through exceptional customer service.