Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : January 4, 2011

The biggest theme in today’s legal news: sneaky appointments. President Obama was busy today as he not only appointed Richard Cordray as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau but also named three new members to the National Labor Relations Board; all this took place during Congress’ recess. Total posts on the LexBlog Network today: 152.

• President Obama Announces Three Recess Appointments to NLRB Despite Senate in Pro Forma Session – New York attorney Seth Borden of McKenna Long & Aldridge on the firm’s blog, Labor Relations Today
• “Director” Richard Cordray, President Obama Flexes his Muscles, and a Recessed Congress – Washington, D.C. lawyer Steve Berk of BerkLaw on the firm’s blog The Corporate Observer
• Despite Republican Objections, Obama Installs Cordray as CFPB Director – The blogging lawyers and attorneys of Blank Rome Government Relations on the firm’s blog, Financial Reform Watch
• Worried About How You’ve Classified Workers as Independent Contractors or Employees? – New Berlin lawyer Tom Schober of Schober Schober & Mitchell on the firm’s Wisconsin Business Law Blog
• Software Copyrights Keep Getting Attractive – Seattle attorney John Whitaker on his blog, the Copyright Infringement Advisor
• President Obama’s recess appointment raises big questions – Atlanta lawyer Christopher Willis of Ballard Spahr on the firm’s CFPB Monitor
• Louisiana Class Action: State Supreme Court Adopts Wal-Mart on Commonality – Hartford, CT lawyer Wystan Ackerman of Robinson & Cole on the firm’s Insurance Class Actions Insider
• What’s coming up in UK employment law in 2012? – London solictor Ruth Bonino of Reed Smith on the firm’s Employment Law Watch
• Tracking Public Movements: GPS Tapping and Application to Virtual Worlds – Washington DC lawyer Drew Boortz of Reed Smith on the firm’s blog, Developing Concerns
• Georgia to Take on Sentencing and Prison Reform – Atlanta, Georgia lawyer Anthony Lake on the Federal Criminal Defense Blog