Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : January 26, 2011

In today’s batch of 147 posts on The LexBlog Network, we have some insight on a development that may affect bloggers. Charles Coble at the Newsroom Law Blog comments on the United States Supreme Court’s decision to deny certiorari in Salzano v. North Jersey Media Group, an important fair report case.

• The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Goes Out With a Whimper – Washington, DC lawyer Steven Berk on his blog, A Voice For Main Street
• Credit Card debt Crippling Retirement? – New Jersey attorney Deirdre Wheatley-Liss of Fein, Such, Kahn & Shepard on her New Jersey Estate Planning & Elder Law Blog
• State Legislators Looking To Ban Habits Of Distracted Pedestrians – Maine lawyer Joe Bornstein on his Maine Injury, Accident, & Disability Law Blog
• Reading Between the Lines: Wall Street’s View of Health Care Industry in 2011 – Construction attorney Matt DeVries of the Best Practices Construction Law Blog
• Virginia Federal Court: ‘Twiqbal’ Standard Doesn’t Apply To Affirmative Defenses – Alexandria, VA lawyer H. Scott Johnson of PCT Law Group on the firm’s Virginia Business Law Update
• Facebook Becoming Essential to an Employment Lawsuit – Texas attorney Tom Crane on his San Antonio Employment Law Blog
• New Medical Malpractice “Tort Reform” Just Another Pack of Lies – Philadelphia lawyer Maxwell Kennerly of The Beasley Firm at his blog, Litigation & Trial
• The End of a Very Sad Legal Malpractice Story – Andrew Lavoott Bluestone on the New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
• What’s a Spouse’s Entitlement When There’s No Will? – Toronto attorney Megan Connolly of Connolly Law on her blog, Toronto Estates & Trusts Monitor
• U.S. Supreme Court Denies Cert in Fair Report Case – Charles Coble of Brooks Pierce on the firm’s Newsroom Media Law Blog