Top 10 in Law Blogs : LXBN January 9, 2012

And the award for the most creative post of the week goes to…. Jeff Nowak, as he writes today on whether or not Brent Musberger could take a leave of absence for work-induced stress following all the uproar over his Katherine Webb comments. On LXBN TV, Jason Shinn joins me to break down Michigan’s new social media password law. Total posts on the LexBlog Network today: 163.

• Congress makes compliance with the confusing Video Privacy Protection Act Easier – Jim Halpert and Sydney White of DLA Piper on the firm’s blog, Technology’s Legal Edge
• The Silent Majority Utilizes the Social Safety Net and Believes In It – Dan Lesser of The Shriver Center on their blog, The Shriver Brief
• Leaked New York Department of Health Report: Hydraulic Fracturing Can Be Safely Conducted – Cleveland attorney George Skupski of BakerHostetler on the firm’sUtica Marcellus Shale Monitor
• How To Spot Good Restaurant Investments – Dallas attorney Matthew Sanderson of Looper Reed on the firm’s blog, Texas Restaurant Law
• Seventh Circuit Grants Temporary Restraining Order to Catholic Contractor on Contraception Mandate – Jeffrey L. Kingsley and Clayton D. Waterman of Goldberg Segallia on the firm’s Insurance & Reinsurance Report
• Reading the Tea Leaves for Employment Law in 2013 (Harry Potter Edition) – Hartford attorney Daniel Schwartz of Pullman & Comley in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• Batmobile: The Copyright Rises – Minneapolis lawyer Martha Engel of Winthrop Weinstine on the firm’s DuetsBlog
• Obama NLRB Presents Employers With Several Lumps Of Coal – Seattle attorney Timothy O’Connell of Stoel Rives on the Stoel Rives World of Employment
• Net Neutrality – Understanding Opposition to the FCC’s “Open Internet” Rules – Washington, DC attorney Dana Frix of Chadbourne & Parke on the firm’s blog, TMT Perspectives
• Can Brent Musburger Take a Leave of Absence from ESPN for Work-Induced Stress? – Chicago attorney Jeffrey Nowak of Franczek Radelet on the firm’s blog, FMLA Insights

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