Top 10 in Law Blogs: Aaron Swartz, Insider Tweeting, Smoker Employees are Costly

First, the world of social media swept through the land of employment law—now, it’s hitting financial and securities law. Gustav Schmidt and the MofoTech team both have interesting posts on happenings in that space. On LXBN TV, Scott Schaefers joins me to talk social media password laws in Washington and Oregon.

• Enforceability of a Noncompete Agreement will Often Depend Upon Context. – West Bloomfield lawyer Jason Shinn of Shinn Legal on his Michigan Employment Law Advisor
• The Current Bet on Tax Reform in 2013 – Washington, DC lawyer Joe Dowley of McKenna Long & Aldridge and their Politics, Law and Policy Blog
• Judge Rejects Aaron Swartz’s Estate’s Request to Release Names of Individuals Involved in his Prosecution – Hayes Hunt and Calli Varner of Cozen O’Conner on From the Sidebar
• Up in Smoke – Employees that Smoke Cost $6,000 More Per Year – West Palm Beach lawyer Dori Stibolt of Fox Rothschild on the firm’s blog, South Florida Trial Practice
• Native Advertising Isn’t New, but Considerations for Advertisers Are Just Heating Up – New York lawyer Ronald Urbach of Davis & Gilbert on his blog, Madison Ave Insights
• Law Firm Websites – Best Practices – Legal marketing expert Lindsay Griffiths of International Lawyers Network on Zen & The Art of Legal Networking
• Social media and brokers: FINRA wants broker-dealers to be “friends” with their employees – Fort Lauderdale lawyer Gustav Schmidt of Gunster on the firm’s blog, The Securities Edge
• Stop Insider Tweeting! – The blogging lawyers and attorneys at Morrison Foerster on their blog, MofoTech
• Are you (facebook) friends with the Judge? – Texas attorney Michelle O’Neil of O’Neil Anderson on the firm’s Dallas Divorce Law Blog

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