Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : June 29, 2011

While it isn’t quite the 192 posts we had yesterday, the 161 posts on The LexBlog Network today are still nothing to sneeze at. We have a lot of high-level commentary, as Ryan DeMotte leads things off with some quick insight on the FTC’s antitrust investigation against Google. Also, Kevin LaCroix breaks down Bank of America’s $8.5 billion securities settlement.

• FTC Launches Antitrust Investigation Against Google – Pittsburgh lawyer Ryan DeMotte of K&L Gates on the firm’s blog, TMT Law Watch
• Texas Supreme Court Rules Stock Options Sufficient Consideration to Support Post-Employment Restrictive Covenant – Scott McDonald, Jacqueline Johnson Lichty and Allan H. Neighbors of Littler on the firm’s blog, Unfair Competition & Trade Secrets Counsel
• Canadian Consumer Product Safety Act Takes Effect – Washington, DC attorneys Laura Walther and Carolyn Wagner of Crowell & Moring on the firm’s blog, Retail Law Observer 
• Bank of America Announces Massive $8.5 Billion Mortgage-Backed Securities Settlement – Ohio lawyer Kevin LaCroix of OakBridge Insurance Services in his blog, The D & O Diary
• To Arbitrate or Not Arbitrate, That is the Question – Washington, DC attorney Douglas Behr of Keller and Heckman on the firm’s blog, Beyond Telecom
• My Thoughts on HBO’s ‘Hot Coffee’ Documentary about Tort Reform – Jackson, Mississippi lawyer Philip Thomas on the blog Mississippi Litigation Review and Commentary
• Same Sex Couples in NJ to File Lawsuit Seeking Civil Unions to be Recognized as Marriages – New Jersey attorney Eric Solotoff of Fox Rothschild on the firm’s NJ Family Legal Blog
• Appeals Court Reinstates Jury’s $600,000 Pain and Suffering Verdict in Knee Injury Case – New York lawyer John Hochfelder on his New York Injury Cases Blog
• Protecting Your Intellectual Property In China, Part I. – Seattle attorney Dan Harris of Harris & Moure on the firm’s China Law Blog
• A Shock to the Core: The Supreme Court Pries Jurisdiction Away from the Bankruptcy Courts on Counterclaims to Proofs of Claim, and Possibly More – Geraldine A. Freeman and Michael M. Lauter of Sheppard Mullin on the firm’s Bankruptcy & Restructuring Blog