Top 10 in Law Blogs: LXBN August 21, 2012

The subject of several posts today, whistleblowers occupy an interesting position in society.  On the one hand, famous whistleblowers like Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo (responsible for leaking the Pentagon Papers to the NYTimes) are often portrayed as heroes; standing up against corruption and misconduct in the face of adversity.  On the other hand, as Steven Berk articulated in his post today, whistleblowers face ridicule, unemployment, and a convoluted legal system.  Today marked a detraction from the norm, as Lindsey Williams reported the SEC dispensed it’s first whistleblower reward of $50,000 as a part of the new Whistleblower Program. Those posts and more make up today’s Top 10 in Law Blogs.

• NWC Applauds First SEC Whistleblower Award – Lindsey Williams of the National Whistleblower Center on their Whistleblowers Protection Blog
• Change is Scary, Stagnation is Scarier: The Value of Whistleblowers – Washington, DC attorney Steven Berk on his blog, The Corporate Observer
• Fighting Fishing Expeditions, Part III: The Cost-Sharing Order – Virginia lawyer Andrew Trask of McGuireWoods on the firm’s blog, Class Action Countermeasures
• Serving Justice With Conversational Law: Expert Legal Systems Are Here – Self-help law specialist Richard Granat on his eLawyering Blog
• Blogging for Clients: How Online Relationships Lead to Real-World Clients (A Re-cap) Part I – Legal marketing expert Lindsay Griffiths of International Lawyers Network on Zen & The Art of Legal Networking
• Employee or Independent Contractor? A Distinction with a Difference – Michele Host of The Shriver Center on their blog, The Shriver Brief
• Hardware, Software – Major Inroads for Healthcare Investments – Chicago lawyer Geoff Cockrell of McGuireWoods on the firm’s blog, The Healthcare Investor
• Simple Legal Concept Eludes Many Attorneys – Orange County lawyer Aaron Morris on his Business Law Report
• Multi-Million Medicare Fraud and HIPAA Conviction: A Cautionary Tale – New York lawyer Kimberly Gold of Mintz Levin on the firm’s blog, Health Law & Policy Matters
• Wellness “sticks,” as well as “carrots,” are legal, court says – Winston-Salem attorney Robin Shea of Constangy on the firm’s blog, Employment & Labor Insider