Top 10 in Law Blogs: LXBN February 15, 2013

The Carnival Triump finally made its way back to shore late last night, where passengers were offered $500 and a free cruise or, as Philip Thomas notes—$4.63 per hour for their troubles. On LXBN TV, Jim Walker joins me to explain there were warning signs something like this could happen. Total posts on the LexBlog Network today: 197.

• Thinking About Using Pictures Pulled From Twitter? Think Again, New York Court Warns – J. Alexander Lawrence and Jamie Kitano of Morrison Foerster on their blog, SociallyAware
• Carnival Cruise Line Paying Hell Cruise Victims $4.63 per Hour – Jackson, Mississippi attorney Philip Thomas on the blog Mississippi Litigation Review and Commentary
• Who Wants To Know How To Weed Out Rogue Stockbrokers – Philadelphia lawyer Joshua Horn of Fox Rothschild on the firm’s Securities Compliance Sentinel
• “Too much information” can get you fired! – Winston-Salem attorney Robin Shea of Constangy on the firm’s blog, Employment & Labor Insider 
• From “First to Invent” to “First Inventor to File” – Minneapolis lawyer Martha Engel of Winthrop Weinstine on the firm’s DuetsBlog
• Toot! Toot! All Aboard the Baloney Train! – Philadelphia lawyer Max Kennerly of The Beasley Firm on his blog, Litigation & Trial.
• The political posturing continues…. – Philadelphia lawyer Barbara Mishkin of Ballard Spahr on the firm’s CFPB Monitor
• Clarity And Grace–Personified – Houston attorney Kendall Gray of Andrews Kurth on his blog, The Appellate Record 
• Elton John’s “Nikita” Does Not Infringe Copyright in Song “Natasha” – Illinois attorney R. David Donoghue of Holland & Knight in his Chicago IP Litigation Blog
• Big Doings in Big Cases: Merck Settle Securities Suits for $688 Million, Facebook IPO Derivative Suits Dismissed – Ohio attorney Kevin LaCroix of RT ProExec in his blog, The D & O Diary

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