Best in Law Blogs : LexBlog Network : October 21, 2009

During my time in journalism school, a conversation on where the profession was going occurred on an almost weekly basis during class. Interestingly, it feels like the same conversation happens very frequently amongst those in the legal profession. Today, Ronda Muir has an interesting post with her opinion in this ongoing discussion on the future of law firms.

• School Sued Over Impromptu MMA Matchups – Des Moines lawyer David Nelmark of Belin Lamson McCormick Zumbach Flynn on his Mixed Martial Arts Law Blog
• House Hearing on Private Equity and Venture Capital Regulation- Part 1: The Private Equity Council – New York attorney Geoffrey Parnass at his blog, the Private Equity Law Review
• Agencies Expected to Publish Final Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Model Privacy Notice – The blogging lawyers and attorneys at Hunton & Williams on their Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
• Quebec’s Take on Fighting Aggressive Tax Planning – Quebec lawyer Nicolas Baass of Moodys on the firm’s Tax and Estate Planning Blog
• Crabcakes, Football, and the Chesapeake Bay: That’s What Maryland Does! – Maryland LEED AP Megan Reuwer of O’Malley, Miles, Nylen & Gilmore on her blog, Building a Green Maryland
• What the New Law Firm Looks Like: The Necessary Reinvention of a Reluctant Industry – Senior consultant Ronda Muir of Robin Rolfe Resources in her blog, Law People
• Alabama Police Report Finding and Shutting Down Meth Labs in Hale and Pickens Counties – Birmingham attorney Steven Eversole on his Birmingham Criminal Defense Blog
• An Employment Litigator’s Tips for Preparing Effective Performance Evaluations – New York lawyer Louis DiLorenzo of Bond, Schoeneck & King on the firm’s New York Labor and Employment Law Report
• What Separates Lawyers Who Are Stars from Lawyers Who Are Superstars – Dallas attorney Cordell Parvin on his Law Consulting Blog
• Supreme Court Stays Appellate Ruling Requiring Disclosure of Ballot Initiative Supporters – Charles Coble of Brooks Pierce on the firm’s Newsroom Media Law Blog