Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : December 1, 2011

161 posts hit the LexBlog Network and today’s roundup is the first of the week not containing anything on Facebook or Citigroup. Instead, we have an interesting story coming out of Massachusetts from Donald Pinto and Courtney Brinckerhoff continues to do a good job tracking developments at the US Patent and Trademark Office.

• “Christmas Eve with Dad? Christmas Day with Mum?” – U.K. solicitor Richard Sharp of Sharp Family Law on his blog, Family Law Collaborative Divorce
• Vikings Receive Informational Hearings at Minnesota Capitol – Christine Zimmer of Winthrop Weinstine on the firm’s blog, Inside the Minnesota Capitol
• Is Your Mobile Device Watching You? – Washington, DC lawyer Vivek Krishnamurthy of Foley Hoag on their blog, Corporate Social Responsibility & The Law
• Breaking News: Mass. Attorney General Files Wide-Ranging Suit Accusing National Banks and MERS of Fraud, Deception in Foreclosure Process – Boston attorney Don Pinto of Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster on the firm’s Massachusetts Land Use Monitor
• One Strike and You’re Out? Debating the Need for Instituting Mandatory Suspension and Debarment Procedures – Washington, DC lawyer Leslie Monahan of Reed Smith on their Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog
• Marketing the Occupy Movement – Boston attorney Steve Honig of Duane Morris on his blog, The Law & Other Anomalies
• The Continuing Clash Between Eminent Domain Deposits and Right-to-Take Challenges – Irvine attorney Rick Rayl of Nossaman on the firm’s California Eminent Domain Report
• ABRACADABRA! Pay me $17,000 for stealing my copyrighted magic tricks. – Catlan McCurdy of Winthrop & Weinstine on the firm’s DuetsBlog
• Remembering Mississippi Governor Bill Waller – Jackson, Mississippi attorney Philip Thomas on the blog Mississippi Litigation Review and Commentary
• USPTO Issues New Guidance On New Rejections On Appeal – Washington, DC lawyer Courtenay Brinckerhoff of Foley & Lardner on the firm’s blog, PharmaPatents

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