Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : July 27, 2011

Yes, we’re definitely hitting the middle of summer as the Network slows slightly to a daily total of 124 posts. Even with that, it isn’t hard to arrive at a roundup of ten insightful posts. Today, Ballard Spahr’s CFPB Monitor makes its first appearance in one of these posts with a piece by Alan Kaplinsky.

• Militarization of the Police: Good Idea or Dangerous? – Phoenix lawyer Vladimir Gagic on his blog, the Arizona Criminal Law & Sex Crimes Post
• Netflix Backs Amendment to Video Privacy Protection Act – from Hunton & Williams’s Privacy and Information Management Practice on their Privacy and Information Security Law Blog
• I-9 Compliance: A Practical Refresher on the Receipt Rules – Syracuse attorney Kseniya Premo of Bond Schoeneck & King on the firm’s New York Labor and Employment Law Report
• Busy Times in Three Key FCPA Cases: Lindsey Manufacturing, Carson and the “Sting” Case – Washington, DC lawyer William McGrath of Porter Wright on the firm’s Federal Securities Law Blog
• Will the CFPB kill arbitration? – Philadelphia attorney Alan Kaplinsky of Ballard Spahr on the firm’s CFPB Monitor
• Your Personal “Debt Ceiling” – Dallas lawyer Bryan Fears of Fears Nachawati on the firm’s Texas Bankruptcy Blog
• Why Same-Sex Marriage and Divorce Requires a National Solution – Manchester attorney Kysa Crusco in her New Hampshire Family Law Blog
• The Medicaid Budget Crunch & Its Impact on Healthcare Investing: Part III – Chicago lawyer Amber Walsh of McGuireWoods on the firm’s blog, The Healthcare Investor
• Securities Litigation: Something Old, Something — Uh, Really Old – Ohio attorney Kevin LaCroix of OakBridge Insurance Services in his blog, The D & O Diary
• Divorce Rate Up Since No Fault Divorce Enacted in New York – New York lawyer Daniel Clement at his blog, the New York Divorce Report