Top 10 in Law Blogs: LXBN August 20, 2012

The dog days of summer are in full swing, as are the writers on the LexBlog Network.  With more quality posts than slots available for today’s Top 10, you would never be able to tell it was a Monday in August were in not for the oppressive heat across the country.  Today’s best includes Angelo Paparelli’s interesting piece on “immigration-lawyer tribes,” and Jason Shinn provides a concrete reason (4.5 million of them, in fact) for why individuals and employers should remain mindful of the perils of social media use.

• Immigration Brainstorming and DREAMstorming – Los Angeles attorney Angelo Paparelli of Seyfarth Shaw on his blog, Nation of Immigrators
• Supreme Court Class Action Cases for October 2012 Term – Hartford, CT lawyer Wystan Ackerman of Robinson & Cole on the firm’s Insurance Class Actions Insider
• Zurn Pex, Inc. v. Cox: Could Daubert Keep Plaintiffs Out of the Courthouse? – Washington, DC attorney Steven Berk on his blog, The Corporate Observer
• FTC v. Wyndham: An online privacy showdown – Houston lawyer Travis Crabtree of Looper Reed & McGraw on his blog, eMedia Law Insider
• Losing high calibre lawyers or staff – don’t see it for what it isn’t – Australia legal marketing expert Sean Larkan on his Legal Leaders Blog
• $4.5 Million Reasons for Employers and Individuals to Balance Social Media Use & Risks – West Bloomfield lawyer Jason Shinn of E-Business Counsel on his blog, Michigan Employment Law Advisor
• Emotional Distress Claim Disallowed in Business Dispute – Real estate litigator William Ruskin of Epstein Becker Green on his Toxic Tort Litigation Blog
• Data Security – Is Corporate America Finally Getting The Message? – Miami lawyer Al Saikali of Shook, Hardy & Bacon on his Cloud Computing Law
• Doctors Critical of Damages Caps in New England Journal of Medicine Article – Jackson, Mississippi attorney Philip Thomas on the blog Mississippi Litigation Review and Commentary
• Rating Agencies Must Face Fraud Claims for Toxic SIV Ratings – Ohio lawyer Kevin LaCroix of OakBridge Insurance Services in his blog, The D & O Diary

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