LexBlog Law Network Roundup – 8/19/2009

Usually, employment law is not something that I gravitate towards when reading through articles and blogs.  Today, both of my favorite posts discuss such issues.  Russell Cawyer had some interesting thoughts about the recent lawsuits involving overtime compensation and the rising use of smart phones in the workplace.  Mark Tabakman’s post also discussed overtime and on-call company policies. The moral of the story? Employment law = fun.

• Balancing Employee Efficiency with Overtime Risk: Hourly Employees Use of Smart Phones for Work – Fort Worth lawyer Russell Cawyer of Kelly Hart & Hallman on the firm’s Texas Employment Law Update
• Class Action Focuses On Unpaid On-Call Time: A Sleeping Giant? – New Jersey attorney Mark Tabakman of Fox Rothschild in the firm’s Wage & Hour – Developments & Highlights Blog
• The Gay Tax Shelter: Exploiting IRS Non-Recognition of Gay Marriage to Save Money – Emory law student Gideon Alper on his Gay Couples Law Blog
• Appellate Court in D.C. Protects Anonymous Speech – Raleigh attorney Eric David of Brooks Pierce on the firm’s Newsroom Law Blog
• Bankruptcies Expected to Hit 1.4 Million for 2009 – The editor at Total Bankruptcy in their Bankruptcy Blog
• The Five Most Effective Ways to Break Negotiation Impasse – Attorney-mediator Victoria Pynchon in her Settle It Now Negotiation Blog
• New DirectLaw Firm In Texas focusing on OnLine Wills – Maryland attorney Richard Granat in his eLawyering Blog
• No Special Rules for Internet Defamation, Says New York Judge – New York lawyer Jeff Neuburger of Proskauer Rose in the firm’s New Media & Technology Law Blog
• Marketing For lawyers – Mistakes Attorneys Make-and How to Avoid Them, Mistake #8 Part 1 – Legal marketing expert Stephen Fairley of The Rainmaker Institute in The Rainmaker Blog
• What’s Wrong With The Senate Bill? – Part 2 – Stephen Kohn on Whistleblower Protection Blog, which is published by the National Whistleblower Legal Defense & Education Fund