Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : March 17, 2011

On a day that some have gone so far as to call “Basketball Christmas,” we have a great post from Jeff Nowak on how the fake “doctor’s notes” Hooters is offering its patrons could be a FMLA nightmare. Total posts on The LexBlog Network today: 132.

• Death on the High Seas Act: Federal Court Questions the Powers of the President – San Mateo lawyer Mike Danko on his Aviation Law Monitor
• Army Corps/EPA Propose to Expand Federal Jurisdication over Waters and Wetlands – Cleveland attorney Joe Koncelik of Frantz Ward in his Ohio Environmental Law Blog
• Obama Administration Sets Forth Principles for Regulation and Oversight of Emerging Technologies – Washington, D.C. lawyer Lynn Bergeson of Bergeson & Campbell in the firm’s Nanotechnology Law Blog
• An Employer’s FMLA Nightmare? Hooters Offers Fake “Doctor’s Notes” to Skip Work During NCAA Tourney – Chicago attorney Jeffrey Nowak of Franczek Radelet on the firm’s blog, FMLA Insights
• “Illegal Streaming” a Felony? White House White Paper Directed at Activity that is Already Criminal – Seattle intellectual property lawyer Tonya Gisselberg on her blog, Seattle Copyright Watch
• Changes In Weather Mean Changes In Office Attire – Arden Hills attorney Tiffany Schmidt of Abrams & Schmidt on their Minnesota Labor & Employment Law Blog
• Death Penalty Lethal Injection Crisis Continues: New Problems for Georgia – Criminal law lawyer Terry Lenamon blog on his blog, Terry Lenamon on the Death Penalty
  
• Planning a Conference Abroad – Legal marketing expert Lindsay Griffiths of International Lawyers Network on Zen & The Art of Legal Networking
• EU Commission Roadmap: An 80% to 95% Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050 – Belgium lawyer Nicolas Croquet of McKenna Long & Aldridge on the firm’s blog, Climate Change Insights
• Even Courts Get the Homestead Rules Wrong Sometimes (especially non-probate courts) – Florida estate planning attorney David Shulman on his South Florida Estate Planning Law blog