Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : July 12, 2011

Feels a bit like the dog days of summer as there’s no rhyme or reason to today’s roundup besides just offering the day’s best. Philip Gordon comments on social media checks by employers “coming of age”, Ted Lewkowicz continues his series on the New York same-sex marriage law and Stuart Carpey explains why he had to turn down good work. Total posts on The LexBlog Network today: 125.

• Key Holdings in Google Street View Litigation: WiFi Not “Readily Accessible to the General Public” and ECPA Preempts State Wiretap Laws – San Francisco lawyer Mali Friedman of Covington & Burling on the firm’s blog, Inside Privacy
• Excess Estate Expenses can be Windfall to Beneficiary – New Jersey attorney Deirdre Wheatley-Liss of Fein, Such, Kahn & Shepard on her New Jersey Estate Planning & Elder Law Blog
• What Multinational Corporations Need to Know About New Anti-Corruption Rules – Florida lawyer Santiago Cueto of Cueto Law Group on his blog International Business Law Advisor
• Basic Small Business Financial Management – Maryland attorney Eliot Wagonheim of Wagonheim & Associates on the firm’s blog Bottom Line Business Insights
• New York’s Same-Sex Marriage Law: The Employee Benefits Impact, Part II – New York lawyer Ted Lewkowicz of Bond, Schoeneck & King on the firm’s New York Labor and Employment Law Report
• Class Action on Premium Finance Agreements: Florida Supreme Court Addresses Class Certification – Hartford, CT attorney Wystan Ackerman of Robinson & Cole on the firm’s Insurance Class Actions Insider
• Microsoft Announces Cloud “Office 365”: Will Skype Be Next? – Illinois lawyer Sam Conforti on his blog, Software Licensing & Master Service Agreements
• The Parade of PHI Security Breaches: WellPoint Finally Settles with the Attorney General of Indiana – Princeton, NJ attorney Michael Kline of Fox Rothschild on the firm’s blog, HIPAA, HITECH & HIT
• “Social Checks” Come of Age: What Does It Mean for Employers? – San Francisco lawyer Philip Gordon of Littler Mendelson on the firm’s Workplace Privacy Counsel
• Why I Decided To Not Represent Three Perfectly Good Clients With Good Cases In The Last Week – Philadelphia attorney Stuart Carpey of Kreithen Baron & Carpey on his blog, Pennsylvania Injury Law Report