Best in Law Blogs : LexBlog Network : October 1, 2009

Well, winter—or what we call winter—is pretty much here in Seattle. It is dark and it is dreary. I know it won’t get down to negative temperatures like other parts of the country but we definitely go straight from summer to winter. To close things down I give you another great roundup. We have marketing mistakes lawyers make and a change in laws that has former baseball player Chuck Knoblauch charged with a third degree felony.

• Myth: It is Illegal for a Franchisor to Negotiate and Modify the Terms of its Franchise Agreement? – New York lawyer Charles Internicola on his New York Franchise Law Blog
• HIPPA Security Breach Notification Rules Require Immediate Action By Covered Entities and Business Associates – Buffalo attorney John Godsoe of Bond, Schoeneck & King on firm’s New York Labor & Employment Law Report
• Supreme Court to Decide Title VII Statute of Limitations Question – Portland lawyer Marc Alifanz of Stoel Rives on the firm’s blog, World of Work
• Tennessee Court Upholds Parenting Rights of Unmarried Same Sex Partners – Emory law student Gideon Alper on his Gay Couples Law Blog
• Marketing Mistakes Lawyers Make – Part I – Legal marketing specialist Tom Kane of Kane Consulting Inc. in his Legal Marketing Blog
• Predicting Medical Conditions with Data: Promising Model if Privacy is Protected – Boston attorney Kevin Whitaker on his blog, Privacy Law & Policy
• Juror Research on Google Results in New Trial – Tennessee lawyer John Day of Day & Blair at his blog, Day on Torts
• New Choking Law Snags Chuck Knoblauch – Houston attorney Herman Martinez of Madrid, Martinez & Associates on the firm’s Houston Criminal Law Journal
• The Lawlessness of “Law And Economics” – Philadelphia lawyer Maxwell Kennerly of The Beasley Firm at his blog, Litigation & Trial
• EEOC’s Take on the Amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) – California attorney Debra Reilly on her blog, Workplace Investigations