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

As will sometimes happen, today’s roundup is all over the place. In one of the day’s very best posts, William McGrath comments on SEC Enforcement Director Robert Khuzami testifying before two congressional committees, touching partly on ways to prevent members of congress from participating in insider trading. Total posts on the LexBlog Network today: 142.

• Can You “Pick Off” A Named Plaintiff To Moot A Class Action? New Seventh Circuit and Federal Circuit Decisions Address This Issue – Hartford, CT lawyer Wystan Ackerman of Robinson & Cole on the firm’s Insurance Class Actions Insider
• Enforcement Director Robert Khuzami Testifies Before Two Congressional Committees Regarding Insider Trading Issues – Washington, DC attorney William McGrath of Porter Wright on the firm’s Federal Securities Law Blog
• Facebook Accedes to the FTC’s Poke, Settles FTC’s Charges – Boca Raton lawyer Andrew Hoffman of Proskauer on the firm’s Privacy Law Blog
• New Requirements for Retirement Plans offered at Work – Long Beach attorney Walter Haines of United Employees Law Group on the firm’s blog, The California Employee Advocate
• Debtor Prisons: The 2011 Version – Asset Opportunity Director and Shriver Center supervising attorney Karen Harris on The Shriver Brief
• It’s That Time of Year Again: Bonuses – Legal management consultant Ronda Muir on her blog, Law People
• For Clear HR Blunders, Own Up Immediately – Fort Worth lawyer Russell Cawyer of Kelly Hart & Hallman on the firm’s Texas Employment Law Update
• The Tech Issue: Apropos of iPad Apps – Ohio attorney Kevin LaCroix of OakBridge Insurance Services in his blog, The D & O Diary
  
• Trial Lawyers As Storytellers, The Narratives Versus The Numbers – Philadelphia lawyer Maxwell Kennerly of The Beasley Firm on his blog, Litigation & Trial
• More Proxy Advisor Insights: Through The Looking Glass (Lewis) – Minneapolis lawyer Martin Rosenbaum of Maslon on his blog, On Securities