Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : June 6, 2011

As an individual with a journalism background, I’m strongly opposed to any rule or law that prevents the media—or any regular citizen for that matter—from reporting events that deserve to be reported and holding individuals accountable for their actions. So, it generates some amount of concern that exercising one’s right to record the police may lead to an arrest in some instances, as Elizabeth Spainhour writes on today. Total posts on The LexBlog Network for the day: 146.

• In Case You Haven’t Been Paying Attention: The Indian and Chinese Life Sciences Markets Are Poised For Expansive Growth – Management consultant Cliff Mintz of BioInsights Inc. at his Bio Job Blog
• Gifts of Real Estate really are Gifts – and the IRS is looking for them – New Jersey attorney Deirdre Wheatley-Liss of Fein, Such, Kahn & Shepard on her New Jersey Estate Planning & Elder Law Blog
• House Committee Generates Support for Data Security Legislation – Philadelphia lawyer Eric Packel of Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin on the Data Breach Legal Watch
• Madison County Journal Joins Tort Reform Propaganda Machine – Jackson, Mississippi attorney Philip Thomas on the blog Mississippi Litigation Review and Commentary
• Potential Changes to the Private Financing Landscape – Seattle lawyer Asher Bearman of DLA Piper on The Venture Alley
• Failure to “Seal the Deal” Dooms Suit to Enforce Minority Stock Ownership Claim – New York attorney Peter A. Mahler of Farrell Fritz in his New York Business Divorce Blog
• Taste Infringement? – Minneapolis lawyer Steve Baird of Winthrop & Weinstine on the firm’s Duets Blog
• First, Do No (Immigration) Harm (to Business Visitors) – Los Angeles attorney Angelo Paparelli of Seyfarth Shaw on his blog, Nation of Immigrators
• Exercising the Right to Record the Police May Lead to Obstruction Charges – Raleigh lawyer Elizabeth Spainhour of Brooks Pierce on the firm’s Newsroom Law Blog
• Do Associations Have to Allow Use of Medical Marijuana if Requested as a Reasonable Accommodation? – Ft. Lauderdale attorney Lisa Magill of Becker & Poliakoff on the firm’s Florida Condo & HOA Legal Blog