Top 10 in Law Blogs : LXBN May 16, 2013

The NLRB recess appointments are the legal story that just won’t go away as today not only was there a Senate meeting on the matter, but a second appeals court—the Second Circuit—ruled the appointments unconstitutional. Also, we have a great episode of LXBN TV today. Jason Weinstein, now an attorney with Steptoe & Johnson, previously oversaw all cybercrime investigations at the Department of Justice during his role as Deputy Assistant Attorney General—he joined me today to discuss an unprecedented $40 million global ATM heist.

• No Surprises in Senate Committee Hearing on NLRB Nominees – Washington, DC lawyer Ronald Melsburg of Proskauer on the firm’s blog, Labor Relations Update
• No FIFRA Preemption, No Problem! – New York litigator William Ruskin of EpsteinBeckerGreen on his Toxic Tort Litigation Blog
• Frontline Report Uncovers the Hidden Costs of Retirement Plans – Asset Opportunity Director and Shriver Center supervising attorney Karen Harris on The Shriver Brief
• Third Circuit Declares Invalid Craig Becker’s Recess Appointment to the NLRB – San Francisco lawyer Joshua Henderson of Seyfarth Shaw on the firm’s blog, Employment Labor Relations
• Mobile Privacy & the FTC Act: Advice for Health Technology Companies – Washington, DC lawyer Ross Friedberg of EpsteinBeckerGreen on the firm’s blog, TechHealth Perspectives
• Massive Lawsuit Against Bloggers is Reined In – Texas lawyer Tom Crane on his San Antonio Employment Law Blog
• Senate Committee Advances Nomination of Thomas Perez to be Labor Secretary – Washington, DC lawyer Ilyse Schuman of Littler on the firm’s blog, Washington, DC Employment Law Update
• 6th Circuit Court of Appeals Undoes Amazingly Soft 1 Week Sentence for CEO Convicted in $18 Million Fraud – Georgia attorney Anthony Lake of Gillen, Withers & Lake in the firm’s Federal Criminal Defense Blog
• How Much Water Does Fracking Shale Gas Consume, and Where? – Dallas lawyer Charles Sartain of Looper Reed & McGraw on Energy And The Law
• Class Action a la Francais? – The Approach of the French Group Action – Virginia attorney Andrew Trask of McGuireWoods on the firm’s blog, Class Action Countermeasures

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