Top 10 in Law Blogs: LXBN August 1, 2012

With 196 posts hitting the LexBlog Network today it was quite the challenge to limit this to just 10 but I think we have a strong collection here. Over on LXBN TV, Michael Schmidt describes a ridiculous employment law case in which an employee accidentally bumped a coworkers computer and gained access to their email.

• FTC Issues COPPA Supplemental Notice Amending Previously Proposed Rule -Washington, DC attorney Eric Bukstein of Hogan Lovells on their blog, Chronicle of Data Protection
• U.S. Government Moves to Fast Track Solar Development on Public Lands – Buffalo lawyer Michael Hecker of Hodgson Russ on the firm’s Clean and Green Law Blog
• EPA Loses Another Battle in the War Over Guidance: Judge Walton Rejects EPA’s Final Guidance On Mountaintop Removal Permits under the CWA. – Boston lawyer Seth Jaffe of Foley Hoag on the firm’s blog, Law & The Environment
• Medical Malpractice Payments Were At Their Lowest in Over 20 Years – New Jersey lawyer David Cohen of Stark & Stark on the firm’s Nursing Home Law Blog 
• Top 5 Takeaways from MIE’s Annual National Fundraising Conference – Probono.net Development Associate Karin Romans on their blog, Connecting Justice Communities
• Sixth Circuit Holds Kentucky Bar Association Unconstitutionally Applied Rule of Professional Conduct to Curb Free Speech – Cleveland lawyer Trevor Covey of Squire Sanders on the firm’s Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
• Oops- Google Found Street View Wifi Data – Dallas lawyer Peter Vogel on his InternetInformation Technology & e-Discovery Blog
• Apple v. Samsung. Broken down simple enough for even a Golden Retriever to get it. – Seoul lawyer Nathan McMurray of Barun Law on his blog, Korea Law Today
• Divorce and Estate Planning – New Florida Law Disinherits Former Spouses – Fort Myers lawyer Julie Ann Garber of Becker & Poliakoff on their Florida Estate & Tax Blog
• When is a ballpark frank a ball park BRAND frank? – Minneapolis lawyer Steve Baird of Winthrop & Weinstine on the firm’s Duets Blog

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