Top 10 in Law Blogs: LXBN December 27, 2012

As we inch closer to the new year, posts discussing the top takeaways from the past twelve months are coming in by the boatloads.  Today’s roundup features a few of those, including Michael Schmidt’s take on social media and the value of real-world relationships.  Also of note, the head of the EPA, Lisa Jackson, stepped down today.  Michael Hecker provides analysis and looks at who we can expect to replace Ms. Jackson.  Total posts on the LexBlog Network today: 126

• Most Popular Posts of 2012 – Houston attorney Travis Crabtree of Looper Reed & McGraw on his blog, eMedia Law Insider
• Genetically Modified Food Can Feed The Planet – New York litigator William Ruskin of EpsteinBeckerGreen on his Toxic Tort Litigation Blog
• 2012 Payments Systems Year-in-Review – Cincinnati lawyer Craig Hoffman of Baker Hostetler on the firm’s Data Privacy Monitor
• National Whistleblowers Center’s Work Highlighted in The Washington Post’s Year-End Articles – David Colapinto of the National Whistleblower Legal Defense & Education Fund on theirWhistleblower Protection Blog
• NLRA Handbook Disclaimers May Be Effective After All, Board’s General Counsel Suggests –  Boston attorney Howard Bloom of Jackson Lewis on their Unions & Labor Law Reform blog
• It’s Still The Relationships, Stupid – 2012 Wrap Up (Part 2 of 2) – New York lawyer Michael Schmidt of Cozen O’Connor on the Social Media Employment Law Blog
• My guide to working with baby boomers – Dallas, Texas lawyer coach Cordell Parvin on the Cordell Parvin Blog
• The New Year’s Resolution Divorce – New Jersey attorney Eric Solotoff of Fox Rothschild on the firm’s NJ Family Legal Blog
• Lisa Jackson to Step Down as EPA Administrator; Is a Cleantech Innovator Next in Line? – Michael Hecker of Hodgson Russ on the firm’s Clean and Green Law Blog
• Sequestration: From Remote Possibility to Inevitable – Washington, D.C. lawyer Gunjan Talati of Reed Smith on the firm’s Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog