Top 10 in Law Blogs: Hemp, Paid Sick Leave, and Ten Year Anniversaries

Welcome back! It’s a heated election cycle, and as such courts are especially struggling with the right line for redistricting. And now, today’s top 10:

• Washington Hemp, Hemp, Hooray! – Seattle lawyer Hilary Bricken of Harris Moure writing on the firm’s Canna Law Blog
• Two Additional Lawsuits Filed Challenging the DOL’s Final Persuader Rule – Seyfarth Shaw’s Ashley K. Laken writing from Chicago on their Employer Labor Relations Blog
• U.S. and China Pledge to Sign Paris Climate Accord on April 22 – Boston lawyer Thomas R. Burton III from Mintz Levin on the firm’s Energy Technology Matters
• New York District Court Grants Summary Judgment for Employer in Gawker Intern Case – Cleveland lawyer Gregory Mersol of Baker Hosteler writing on their Employment Class Action Blog
• Paid Family Leave Becomes Law in New York Through an Insurance-Style Scheme. Will Other States Follow? – Chicago attorney Jeff Nowak of Franczek Radelet on the firm’s FMLA Insights blog
• Plaintiff’s Attorneys Beware: Your Client’s Bankruptcy Case is About to Sock You Right Between the Eyes – Nebraska lawyer Sam Turco on his Nebraska Debt & Bankruptcy Blog
• Fourth Circuit: Courts, Not Arbitrators, Decide if Arbitration Agreement Authorizes Class-Wide Arbitration – Mayer Brown attorneys Archis A. Parasharami, Kevin Ranlett, and Charles E. Harris II on the firm’s Class Defense Blog
• Pension Risk Matters Blog Turns Ten Years Old – New York lawyer Susan Mangiero of Fiduciary Leadership on her Pension Risk Matters blog
• FCC Releases Open Internet Transparency/Disclosure Rule Safe Harbor in the Form of Broadband Servies “Labels” for End User Customers – Washington, D.C. attorney K.C. Halm from Davis Wright Tremaine on the firm’s Open Internet Law Advisor
• Deeper Dive: The Changing Landscpae of Healthcare Data Breaches – Baker Hostetler attorney Lynn Sessions from Houston on the firm’s Data Privacy Monitor