Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : December 8, 2011

As seems to be the case quite frequently, today’s roundup blends insightful commentary on high-level news with excellent advice on everyday subjects: Jeff Neuburger asks who really owns an employee’s Twitter account and Ed Poll weighs the pros and cons of the “specialize or die” mantra for lawyers while Antoinette Konski comments a patenting case in the U.S. Supreme Court and Asher Bearman chimes in on the SEC stepping up its enforcement actions. Total posts on the LexBlog Network today: 156.

• The Emergence of a Mandatory “Green” Baseline? – Denver attorney Dave Waller of Baker Hostetler on the firm’s Hospitality Lawg
• Who Owns an Employee’s Twitter and Other Online Accounts? – New York attorney Jeff Neuburger of Proskauer Rose in the firm’s New Media & Technology Law Blog
• The Politics of the Consumer Finance Protection Board and the Nomination of Richard Cordray – Washington, D.C. lawyer Steve Berk of BerkLaw on the firm’s blog The Corporate Observer
• Last Friday Night: Holiday Parties Continue to Present Challenges To Employers – Hartford attorney Daniel Schwartz of Pullman & Comley in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• Details of EU Data Protection Reform Reveal Dramatic Proposed Changes – Washington, DC attorney Bret Cohen of Hogan and Hartson on the firm’s blog, Chronicle of Data Protection
• Specialize or Die! – Legal marketing expert Ed Poll in his LawBizBlog
• New York’s Family Court: A Conflict Between Privacy and Transparency – New York lawyer Daniel Clement at his blog, the New York Divorce Report
• Patent-Eligibility of Medical Methods Considered By U.S. Supreme Court – Silicon Valley lawyer Antoinette Konski of Foley & Lardner on the firm’s blog, Personalized Medicine Bulletin
• SEC Stepping Up Fund Enforcement Actions – Seattle lawyer Asher Bearman of DLA Piper on The Venture Alley
• This imitation is the lowest form of flattery – Boston attorney John Lacey of The McCormack Firm at his Massachusetts Data Privacy Law Blog