Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : November 16, 2011

We’re about a week out from the Penn State scandal really breaking wide open and I continue to be impressed by the level of coverage put forth on that subject by the attorneys on the LexBlog Network. On a related note, congrats to Joe Bahgat for being interviewed about the story for a Fox News special report. Total posts on the LexBlog Network today: 131.

• Early Results of Study Indicate No Direct Link Between Hydraulic Fracturing and Groundwater Contamination – New Orleans attorney Keith Hall of Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann on the firm’s Oil & Gas Law Brief
• In Defense of Color Trademarks: INTA Submits Amicus Brief in Christian Louboutin v. Yves Saint Laurent – New York lawyer Catherine Clayton of Gibbons on the firm’s blog, IP Law Alert
• NLRB General Counsel’s Advice Memorandum in Schulte Offers a New Twist on the Old Facebook Firing Theme – Columbus attorney Brian Hall of Porter Wright on the firm’s Employer Law Report
• Amendments To The Federal Bankruptcy Rules, Including Rule 2019, To Take Effect December 1, 2011 – San Francisco attorney Bob Eisenbach of Cooley Godward at the firm’s In The (Red) Business Bankruptcy Blog
• Jim Rogers says: 100% Chance of Crisis, Worse Than 2008… What if he’s right? – Portfolio manager Mike Shell of Shell Capitol Management on his blog, Asymmetric Investment Returns
• Why did Joe Paterno transfer his house to his wife for a $1? – Florida estate planning lawyer David Shulman on his South Florida Estate Planning Law blog
• White House To Roll Out “Privacy Bill of Rights” – Washington, DC attorney Rob Sherman of Covington & Burling on the firm’s blog, Inside Privacy
• Australia Adopts Carbon Tax, Why Can’t U.S.? – Seattle attorney Mike Nesteroff of Lane Powell on the firm’s blog, Sustainability & Climate Change Reporter
• Dog Bites Man: Environmental Impact Edition – Boston lawyer Seth Jaffe of Foley Hoag on the firm’s blog, Law & The Environment
• Stricter Child-Abuse-Reporting Laws May Not Have Prevented the Penn State Scandal From Continuing – New Jersey lawyer Joe Bahgat on his blog, The Sports & Entertainment Law Playbook