Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : August 10, 2011

Commentary on the Budget Control Act of 2011 continues to come in and today we may have seen the best post yet in a great piece from Dan Lesser at The Shriver Center. Also, the Pollution Law Watch makes its first appearance in a roundup with a pointed an opinionated post. Total posts on the Lexblog Network today: 147.

• NO COUNTRY FOR POOR PEOPLE: Polluter-Friendly Regulations Force Children in Chicago’s Pilsen Community To Breathe Brain-Damaging Lead…For Years – Illinois lawyer Shawn Collins of The Pollution Lawyers on the firm’s blog, Pollution Law Watch
• Senate Whistleblower Bill called “Bride of Frankenstein” – Lindsey Williams of the National Whistleblower Center on their Whistleblowers Protection Blog
• Budget Control Act of 2011 Raises the Debt Ceiling, But At What Cost? – Dan Lesser of The Shriver Center on their blog, The Shriver Brief
• Not all work-related Facebook comments are protected by the NLRA. – Pittsburgh attorney Maria Danaher of Ogletree Deakins on the firm’s blog, Employment Law Monitor
• A Fact-Finding Test for Lawyers – Corporate investigator Philip Segal of Charles Griffin Intelligence on their blog, The Ethical Investigator
• S&P Rating Downgrade May Cause Headaches For Pension Plans – Washington, DC lawyer Richard McHugh of Porter Wright on the firm’s Employee Benefits Law Report
• It Just Gets Better and Better: Reg AB Redux – Philadelphia attorney Rick Jones of Dechert on the firm’s blog, Crunched Credit
• Ponemon Institute Reports 56% Increase in Cost of Cyber Crime – Chicago lawyer Kari Timm of Walker Wilcox Matousek on the firm’s blog, CyBIR
• Best Practices for Investigation of Work Place Misconduct – Syracuse attorney David Ferrara of Bond Schoeneck & King on the firm’s blog, New York Labor & Employment Report
• ITC to Investigate HTC in Patent Case Against Apple – The blogging lawyers and attorneys at Mandour & Associates on the firm’s blog, Intellectual Property News