Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : December 28, 2011

Just like yesterday, the quantity of posts may have dipped slightly during what’s become a slightly quieter week but the quantity is still there. Also, you may not have known this, but a Festivus reference will almost surely get your post into the roundup, though Jason Shinn’s was good enough to make it in without it. Total posts on the LexBlog Network today: 118.

• Personal Information Data Breaches – Not If, but When? – Princeton, NJ lawyer Elizabeth Litten of Fox Rothschild on the firm’s blog, HIPAA, HITECH & HIT
• U.S. Appellate Court Rules That Commerce May Not Apply The Countervailing Duty Law To Non-Market Economies – Washington, DC attorney John Burke of Baker Hostetler on the firm’s blog, China-U.S. Trade Law
• Third Postponement by The NLRB of The Employee Rights Posting Requirement – Arden Hills lawyer Tiffany Schmidt of Abrams & Schmidt on their Minnesota Labor & Employment Law Blog
• Pay Rate Increase Effective Jan. 1, 2012 for California Exempt Computer Software Employees – Long Beach attorney Walter Haines of United Employees Law Group on the firm’s blog, The California Employee Advocate
• Online Privacy and Data Security Legislation Update — 2011 Year in Review – Cincinnati lawyer Craig Hoffman of Baker Hostetler on the firm’s Data Privacy Monitor
• The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Hard at Work So You Know Before You Owe – Asset Opportunity Director and Shriver Center supervising attorney Karen Harris on The Shriver Brief
• Metal Hip Failures, Lots Of Problems, Billions In Health-Related Costs – Chicago attorney Jonathan Rosenfeld of Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers on his Nursing Homes Abuse Blog
• Is Marriage Becoming a Thing of the Past? – Spartanburg attorney J. Benjamin Stevens of The Stevens Firm on their South Carolina Family Law Blog
• New Year’s Resolutions for Your Business – Maryland attorney Eliot Wagonheim of Wagonheim Law on his blog Bottom Line Business Insights
• Holiday and Year-End Bonuses Often Mark the Beginning of Litigation Festivus – West Bloomfield lawyer Jason Shinn of E-Business Counsel on his blog, Michigan Employment Law Advisor