Top 10 in Law Blogs : LXBN October 4, 2012

With 197 posts hitting the LexBlog Network today and so much good stuff, it was hard to get this down to 10. Topics covered today: the CFPB hitting AmEx with quite the hefty fine, taxes in the debate, a ridiculous social media blunder and a lot more.

• Don’t Let Political Debates Disrupt Workplace Goals – Sacramento lawyer Brendan Begley of Weintraub Tobin on their Labor & Employment Law Blog
• Example #438 of Why You Need a Social Media Policy – Hartford attorney Daniel Schwartz of Pullman & Comley in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• Debate Focuses on Candidates’ Tax Plans: Kiss Those Itemized Deductions Goodbye? – Washington, DC lawyer Joe Dowley of McKenna Long & Aldridge and their Politics, Law and Policy Blog
• Some observations on the CFPB’s $112.5 million settlement with American Express – Philadelphia lawyer Barbara Mishkin of Ballard Spahr on the firm’s CFPB Monitor
• After Nationals end with best record in baseball, Teddy wins – What is a Shoe’s Value? – Washington, DC attorney Steven Kittrell of McGuireWoods on their blog, Just Compensation
• The EEOC Trades Shotgun For Sniper Rifle In FY 2012 Federal Lawsuit Filings – Christopher J. DeGroff and Gerald Maatman, Jr. of Seyfarth Shaw on the firm’s blog, EEOC Year-End Countdown
• Madoff Trustee Reports a $67.3 Million Reduction in Wilpons’ Liabilities as a Result of Distributions to Victims – Installment 85 – New Jersey lawyer Michael Kline of Fox Rothschild on their blog, White Collar Defense and Compliance
• Trade Secret Misappropriation – $taggering Numbers For Employers to Consider – West Bloomfield lawyer Jason Shinn of E-Business Counsel on his blog, Michigan Employment Law Advisor
• The Future of the Alien Tort Statute, Take II: The U.S. Supreme Court Hears New Arguments on Extraterritorial Liability – Washington, DC attorney Xander Meise Bay of Foley Hoag on the firm’s blog, Corporate Social Responsibility and The Law
• Mark Twain Should Have Taught Legal Writing – Omaha lawyer Brian Brislen of Lamson, Dugan and Murray on the firm’s blog, The Nebraska Litigation and Trial Advisor

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