Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : March 8, 2011

The idea that computers are replacing humans has been a common theme throughout discussion on a job market that’s declined harshly over the past few years. There are some jobs, though, where it seems as though a computer taking the role of a person would be impossible. A lawyer is not one of those occupations, Patrick Lamb notes. Total posts on The LexBlog Network today: 148.

• Airing Dirty Laundry: Addressing Repeated, Frivolous Public Records Requests By Public Employees – Seattle lawyer Alicia Feichtmeir on Foster Pepper’s Local Open Government Blog
• Underride Collisions are Preventible Tragedies – Tennessee lawyer Morgan Adams in his Truck Injury Lawyer Blog
• Repeal The Letter Tax! – Houston attorney Kendall Gray of Andrews Kurth on his blog, The Appellate Record
• What Are We Doing to Help the Children? – Dallas, Texas attorney coach Cordell Parvin on his the Cordell Parvin Blog
• Medical Marijuana and Zero Tolerance Drug Testing Policies Remain An Issue For Employers – Seattle lawyer Jim Shore on the Stoel Rives World of Employment
• The Class Settlement Checklist – Virginia attorney Andrew Trask of McGuireWoods on the firm’s blog, Class Action Countermeasures
• Neck Injury and RSD from Electrical Shock – $2,500 Pain and Suffering Verdict Affirmed on Appeal – New York attorney John Hochfelder on his New York Injury Cases Blog
• Population Mixing and Childhood Leukemia: Is a Mosquito to Blame? – Houston attorney David Oliver of Vorys on the firm’s blog, Mass Torts: State of the Art
• Computers replacing lawyers? It’s already happening. – Chicago lawyer Patrick J. Lamb of Valorem Law Group at his blog, In Search of Perfect Client Service
• ERISA Metaphysics, Mysticism and Alchemy: Sales Compensation – Indiana attorney Robert Toth on his blog, Business of Benefits