Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : March 14, 2011

Today’s batch of posts on The LexBlog Network comes to a strong total of 152. With spring rolling in and many students looking for jobs, it’s just about the time of year companies start hiring interns. The blogging lawyers on Sheppard Mullin’s Art Law Gallery have an excellent in-depth post on the ins and outs of unpaid internships.

• How to Earthquake-Proof Your International Business Agreements with a Force Majeure Clause – Florida attorney Santiago Cueto of Cueto Law Group on his blog International Business Law Advisor
• Verizon Wireless Files RICO Suit against Mobile Marketers, Alleges Deception and Fraud in Evasion of MMA Guidelines Requirements for Short Code Campaigns – New York lawyer Jeff Neuburger of Proskauer Rose in the firm’s New Media & Technology Law Blog
• Two New General Counsel Memoranda Seek to Expand NLRB’s Financial Remedies – New York attorney Seth Borden of McKenna Long & Aldridge on the firm’s blog, Labor Relations Today
• Can Fund Managers Make Political Contributions? – Seattle lawyer Asher Bearman of DLA Piper on The Venture Alley
• Catching Up on Cloud Computing – Cincinnati attorney Craig Hoffman of Baker Hostetler on the firm’s Data Privacy Monitor
• Final Webcasting Royalty Rates Published – A Comparison of How Much Various Services Pay – Washington, D.C. lawyer David Oxenford of Davis Wright Tremaine in the firm’s Broadcast Law Blog
• The “Starving” Intern: Legal Ins & Outs of Unpaid Internships – The blogging lawyers and attorneys at Sheppard Mullin on their Art Law Gallery Blog
• Seventh Circuit Upholds Denial of FMLA Leave To Employee Who Ignored Employer’s Telephone Calls – Columbus attorney Brian Hall of Porter Wright on the firm’s Employer Law Report
• The Bankruptcy Court Grants Picard’s Motion to Allow Hadassah to Keep $32 Million in Fictitious Profits – New Jersey lawyer Alain Leibman on Fox Rothschild’s White Collar Defense & Compliance
• Legislative Action of the First Kind – An Attempt to Limit Social Media Use? – New York attorney Michael Schmidt of Cozen O’Connor on the Social Media Employment Law Blog