Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : August 15, 2011

Based on the widespread discussion at the time, and then the stories on impacted cases that come in on an almost-weekly basis, I’m guessing we’re going to be hearing about Wal-Mart v. Dukes for a long time. Also, in a story that was covered on multiple LexBlog Network publications, the FTC today announced a COPPA settlement with W3 Innovations; it’s the first time a claim has been filed against a mobile ‘app’ as part of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. Total posts on the LexBlog Network today: 161.

• Wal-Mart v. Dukes May Bar Class Action Race Discrimination Suit Against the State of Iowa – Des Moines lawyer Patrick Smith of Bradshaw, Fowler, Proctor & Fairgrave on his Iowa Employment Law Blog
• What Are “Covered Securities” Today? – Dallas attorney Randy Ray of Gardere on the firm’s blog, From the SOX Up
• Data breach as a protest tactic is just wrong – Boston lawyer John Lacey of The McCormack Firm at his Massachusetts Data Privacy Law Blog
• Department of Energy Panel Confirms Benefits of Hydraulic Fracturing and Shale Gas Production, But Recommends Changes – New Orleans attorney Keith Hall of Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann on the firm’s Oil & Gas Law Brief
• First Circuit Dismisses Verizon Union Employees’ Privacy Claims Based On Federal Labor Law Pre-Emption – Columbus lawyer Brian Hall of Porter Wright on the firm’s Employer Law Report
• Colbert Super PAC Ad Rejected by Iowa TV Station – Can They Do That? – Washington, D.C. attorney David Oxenford of Davis Wright Tremaine in the firm’s Broadcast Law Blog
• App Privacy is in the News Again – Washington, DC lawyer Christopher Wolf of Hogan Lovells on the firm’s blog, Chronicles of Data Protection
• What the Nation’s Lawyers Propose For Employment Law – Hartford attorney Daniel Schwartz of Pullman & Comley in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• Disruptive Innovation In Medicine And Law – Philadelphia lawyer Maxwell Kennerly of The Beasley Firm on his blog, Litigation & Trial
• Was Oz Munchkin Victim of Power of Attorney Abuse? – Toronto attorney Megan Connolly of Connolly Law on her blog, Toronto Estates & Trusts Monitor