Best in Law Blogs : LexBlog Network : January 7, 2010

Gideon Alper has a great post today on some history being made both in the courts and on the web.  The trial of Perry v. Schwarzenegger—the high profile federal case challenging the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage—will be shown on Youtube. Just one of 108 posts on the LexBlog Network today.

• Law Against Discrimination Prohibits Sexual Advances by Supplier Against Female Business Owner – Somerville lawyer Frank Steinberg in his New Jersey Employment Law Blog
• When Do EPA BACT Requirements “Redesign the Source”? Not When EPA Says They Don’t – Boston attorney Seth Jaffe of Foley Hoag on the ACOEL Blog
• Deuce McAllister is a Two Touchdown Underdog in Nissan Lawsuit – Mississippi personal injury lawyer Philip Thomas on his MS Litigation Review & Commentary
• That’s Cloud Computing, Not Smog, Spreading From L.A. – New York attorney Joseph I. Rosenbaum of Reed Smith on the firm’s blog, Legal Bytes
• Federal Proposition 8 Gay Marriage Trial Will Be Shown on YouTube – Emory law student Gideon Alper on his Gay Couples Law Blog
• Court Finds CIGNA Failed To Follow Proper Claim Denial Procedure, Nurse’s Right To Pursue Disability Law Suit Under ERISA Supported – Florida lawyer Gregory Dell of Dell & Schaefer on the firm’s Disability Benefit Claims Law Blog
• Telecommunications Company UTStarcom Enters into $3 Million Settlements with DOJ and SEC for Alleged Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Violations – Georgia attorney Anthony Lake of Gillen, Withers & Lake in the firm’s Federal Criminal Defense Blog
• Pay to Play – Grounds for Challenging the Adequacy of Institutional Investors – Virginia lawyer Andrew Trask of McGuireWoods on the firm’s blog, Class Action Countermeasures
• Senator Dodd’s Legacy With Employers Is Clear: Family and Medical Leave Act – Hartford attorney Daniel Schwartz of Pullman & Comley in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• Oregon’s key ruling of the decade: Policies mean what they say. – Portland lawyer Diane Polscer of Gordon & Polscer at the National Insurance Law Forum