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

The intersection of the law and social media is a fascinating place. We always say that social media allows individuals to do things that they’ve always done, but in a more convenient way, when at the same time it creates a whole new set of actions and environments for laws to govern. Thus far, Sheppard Mullin’s Michelle Sherman has done an excellent job covering that intersection, and her insight continues today. Total posts on the LexBlog Network today: 161.

• Computer Fraud and Abuse Act: A Criminal Statute That Extends to the Employment Relationship? – West Bloomfield lawyer Jason Shinn of E-Business Counsel on his blog, Michigan Employment Law Advisor
• Federal Data Breach Notification statute moves along – Boston attorney John Lacey of The McCormack Firm at his Massachusetts Data Privacy Law Blog
• Give Me All Your Documents! – California discovery referee Kathy Gallo on her blog, Resolving Discovery Disputes
• Use Networking to the Maximum at Conferences – Legal marketing specialist Tom Kane of Kane Consulting Inc. in his Legal Marketing Blog
• CFPB Tasked with FCRA Interpretation – FTC Issues Staff Report to Aid Transition – Colorado lawyer Nicole Friess on the InformationLawGroup blog
• The State of Cloud Computing Can Be Taxing – Want to Understand Why? – New York City attorney Joseph Rosenbaum on the Reed Smith blog, Legal Bytes
• Economical Litigation Agreements: Can We Learn to Reduce Construction Litigation and Discovery Costs? – Construction lawyer Matt DeVries of the Best Practices Construction Law Blog
• Bank of America Says Power of Attorney Does Not Grant Access to Online Banking – Michigan attorney TJ Wall of Wall Law Group on his Michigan Estate Planning Law Blog
• Anonymous Bloggers And The First Amendment: When And How Your Company Can Identify Its John Doe Defendants – Michelle Sherman out of Sheppard Mullin’s Los Angeles offices on the firm’s Social Media Law Update Blog
• Illegal Immigrant Workers’ Comp Claimants Win 2 Rounds in the 1st DCA – West Palm Beach lawyer Dan Bushell on his blog, the Florida Appellate Review