Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : December 20, 2011

On top of today’s best—drawing on another 160+ posts hitting the LexBlog Network—we also have a LXBN Roundtable today: Jared Sulzdorf does a good job breaking down and rounding up commentary on the scandal surrounding Carrier IQ software, which comes pre-installed on most smartphones and can record nearly every piece of information on your phone.

• Hannaford Salmonella Outbreak, A Continuing Trend of Antibiotic Resistance – Seattle lawyer Bill Marler of Marler Clark on the firm’s Food Poison Journal
• The Back Room Bail Out: Congress Provides the “Inside” Information that Drives Wall Street – Washington, D.C. lawyer Steve Berk of BerkLaw on the firm’s blog The Corporate Observer
• Microfinancing to Grow Small Businesses – Marylee Abrams of Abrams & Schmidt on the firm’s Minnesota Labor & Employment Law Blog
• What Is In; What Is Out: One Lawyer’s Perspective – Cincinnati lawyer Scott Kadish of Ulmer Berne on the firm’s Real Estate Advisor Law Blog
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce Issues Report Calling For Changes To “Transform” the SEC – Washington, DC attorney William McGrath of Porter Wright on the firm’s Federal Securities Law Blog
• 2011 Trade Secrets Webinar Series – Year in Review – Los Angeles lawyer Robert Milligan of Seyfarth Shaw on the firm’s blog, Trading Secrets
• 2011 Year End Tax Planning Tips – New Jersey attorney Deirdre Wheatley-Liss of Fein, Such, Kahn & Shepard on her New Jersey Estate Planning & Elder Law Blog
• Podcast: How Do Employers Calculate FMLA Leave Around the Holidays? – Chicago attorney Jeffrey Nowak of Franczek Radelet on the firm’s blog, FMLA Insights
• Military Divorce Continues Upward March – Spartanburg attorney J. Benjamin Stevens of The Stevens Firm on their South Carolina Family Law Blog

For more of the best, check out LXBN, a complete review of the top insight and commentary across the LexBlog Network.