Top 10 in Law Blogs: Deflategate, Drones, and DOJ

Well it may not be football season, but that’s not stopping the NFL from being back in the news. For instance the Washington “Slurs” are trying to hop on a potential Supreme Court case involving disparaging trademarks. And we’ve got a couple people across the network writing about the most recent Deflategate decision. Check ’em out:

• U.S. Senate Faces Pressure to Repeal Estate Tax – Virgin Islands lawyer Steven K. Hardy of BoltNagi PC on their Virgin Islands Law Blog
• Tom Brady’s suspension reinstated, so what are the potential Massachusetts tax consequences? – Reed Smith lawyers Michael A. Jacobs, Jason Feingertz, and Brent K. Beissel writing on the firm’s Massachusetts SALT blog
• The US Supreme Court agrees that Paterson Police Officer’s Demotion Violated his First Amendment Right to Free Speech – New Jersey lawyer Frank M. Crivelli of Crivellie & Barbati on their New Jersey Public Safety Officers Law Blog
• Big News: Small UAS Rule at OIRA for Final Review – Hogan Lovells attorneys Lisa Ellman and Matthew Clark writing on the firm’s Global Media and Communications Watch
• DOJ Launches New Online Resource Regarding Accessible Technology Issues – New York lawyer Joshua Stein of Epstein Becker Green on their Retail Labor and Employment Law
• Uber Aims to Settle Two Class Actions; Approximately 385,000 Uber Drivers in California and Massachusetts to Remain Independent Contractors—At Least for Now – Mintz Levin’s Michael S. Arnold and Gauri P. Punjabi on the firm’s Employment Matters blog
• The Many Faces of Fredo, or, Due Diligence in the Real World—Part Three: The Cost of Blood – Smith & Carson attorney Tara J. Lamer on the firm’s Winning on Facts
• Video Isn’t Just for Hollywood…It’s for Lawyers Too! – The International Lawyers’ Network director of global relationship management Lindsay Griffiths on her Zen and the Art of Legal Networking
• U.S. Supreme Court Holds that a Public Employee Can Assert First Amendment Retaliation Claim Based on Employer Perceptions – Los Angeles lawyer David Urban of Liebert Cassidy Whitmore writing on their California Public Agency Labor & Employment Blog
• Climate change regulation starts to take shape in Washington State – Davis Wright Tremaine lawyers Craig Gannett and Walker Stanovsky writing from Seattle on the firm’s Energy & Environmental Law Blog