Best in Law Blogs : LexBlog Network : July 21, 2010

With 122 posts on the LexBlog Network today, we obviously had a lot of subjects covered. In one of the highlights, Dan Schwartz examines the smart phone’s effect on the ‘workplace’. In particular, he takes a look at the legal implications of some companies allowing (or encouraging) employees to do work from their own personal smartphones.

• Schwarzenegger Nominates Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye For Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court – Chicago attorney Kirk Jenkins of Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold on the firm’s blog, The Appellate Strategist
• Steinbrenner Fourth Billionaire in 2010 to Escape Taxes, If Not Death – Michigan lawyer TJ Wall of Wall Law Group on his Michigan Estate Planning Law Blog
• The Deck is Still Stacked in the Government’s Favor — Is This A Good Thing? – Boston attorney Seth Jaffe of Foley Hoag on the firm’s blog, Law & The Environment
• Sex, Violence, Videogames and the Supreme Court – San Diego lawyer Guylyn Cummins of Sheppard Mullin on the firm’s blog, Law of the Level
• Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act – Finally Making Waves – Miami attorney Jim Walker of Walker & O’Neill on his blog, Cruise Law News
• The Berg Case: Parents right to access medical records v. child’s right to privacy – Manchester lawyer Kysa Crusco in her New Hampshire Family Law Blog
• United Flight 967: Airline’s Obligation to Compensate Injured Passengers – San Mateo attorney Mike Danko on his Aviation Law Monitor
• When Everyone Has Their Own Smart Phone, What Does That Mean for the “Workplace”? – Hartford lawyer Daniel Schwartz of Pullman & Comley in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• Arbitration? Motion to Dismiss? Let’s Do Both! – Greensboro attorney John Buford of Brooks Pierce on the firm’s blog, North Carolina Business Litigation Report
• Update On The Duck Boat Accident:The Tug Boat Mate Takes The 5th- Is He Guilty? – Conshohocken lawyer Stuart Carpey of Kreithen Baron & Carpey on his blog, Pennsylvania Injury Law Report