Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : November 7, 2011

First off, I want to say congratulations to everyone at The Venture Alley for being named LexisNexis’ Top Business Law Blog for 2011, just barely past its one-year anniversary. It also just so happens that Andrew Ledbetter authored a good post for the publication today, on the House overwhelmingly supporting the “Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act.” Total posts on the LexBlog Network today: 127.

• EPA Announces Release of Final Draft of Hydraulic Fracturing Study Plan – New Orleans attorney Keith Hall of Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann on the firm’s Oil & Gas Law Brief
• Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: Round Two (Wal-Mart: 1, Plaintiffs: 0) – Los Angeles lawyer Stacie Yee of Squire Sanders on the firm’s blog, Employment Law Worldview
• DOJ Elects Not to Investigate SEC’s Former General Counsel For Conflict of Interest in Madoff Matter – Washington, DC attorney William McGrath of Porter Wright on the firm’s Federal Securities Law Blog
• Crowdfunding Bill Overwhelmingly Approved by House – Seattle lawyer Andrew Ledbetter of DLA Piper on The Venture Alley
• The Ascendancy of the Traders: Wall Street’s Curse Results in MF Global’s Demise – Washington, D.C. lawyer Steven Berk of BerkLaw on the firm’s blog The Corporate Observer
• Prenuptial Agreements Are Helpful in Narrowing the Areas of Disagreement During Divorce – Denver lawyer Steven Johnston of Pryor Johnson Carney Karr Nixon on his blog, Colorado Family Law Matters
• Benchslapped by a Three-Justice Majority? Landrum v. Chippenham & Johnston-Willis Hospitals, and Other Oddities – Roanoke appellate lawyer Jay O’Keeffe of Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore on his blog, De Novo
• Judges Thinking Outside the LLC Dissolution Box – New York attorney Peter A. Mahler of Farrell Fritz in his New York Business Divorce Blog
• Artisan Puffery? – Minneapolis lawyer Steve Baird of Winthrop & Weinstine on the firm’s Duets Blog
• Sea Burial or Cruise Murder? – Miami attorney Jim Walker of Walker & O’Neill on his blog, Cruise Law News