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

Another day, another 162 posts on The LexBlog Network. The range of topics covered is every bit as varied as the weather we’ve experienced in Seattle today—with a five-minute downpour quickly giving way to bright sun in the past hour. We’ve seen several ‘fracking’ law blogs join The LexBlog Network over the past few months as the controversial energy-obtaining practice steps into the spotlight; today, Steven Berk gives his take on the subject.

• Investment in Renewables by Corporate America: Not Just for Google – San Francisco lawyer Vidhya Prabhakaran of Davis Wright Tremaine on the firm’s California Energy Law Blog
• Make a call, text, e-mail, surf apps, buy coffee, all with my phone? – Boston attorney John Lacey of The McCormack Firm at his Massachusetts Data Privacy Law Blog
• Texas, We Have A Problem: E-Filing In The Wild West – Houston lawyer Kendall Gray of Andrews Kurth on his blog, The Appellate Record
• Federal Circuit Heightens Inequitable Conduct Standards, But Does it Increase Unethical Behavior? – Illinois attorney R. David Donoghue of Holland & Knight on his Chicago IP Litigation Blog
• In Titillating Case, Court Compels Strip Club Dancers to Engage Individually …in Arbitration – Hartford, Connecticut lawyer Daniel Schwartz on the Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• FCC Storms Ahead, Seeks to Expand Outage Reporting Rules to VoIP and Broadband Providers – Washington, DC attorney Stephen Coran of Rini Coran on the firm’s TelecomMediaTech Law Blog
• To Frack or Not To Frack, That Is The Question: What will Exxon and Chevron Do? – Washington, DC lawyer Steven Berk on his blog, The Corporate Observer
• Never Take A Judge’s Advice On How To Write A Brief – Philadelphia attorney Maxwell Kennerly of The Beasley Firm on his blog, Litigation & Trial
• Moving Green Forward, One Step at a Time – Philadelphia LEED AP Shari Shapiro on her Green Building Law Blog
• Social Impact Bonds: A New Vehicle to Drive Health Care Reform? – Kansas lawyer Martie Ross of Spencer Fane Britt & Browne on the firm’s blog, Health Law Navigator