Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : March 15, 2012

It’s starting to look like Judge Jed Rakoff’s harsh and somewhat unusual—though just?—ruling on the Citigroup settlement may not stand the test of the appeals process; William McGrath and Kevin Lacroix have the story today. Total posts on the LexBlog Network today: 167.

• Can a Corporation Be a Philanthropist? California’s Benefit Corporations Pursue Both Profit and Purpose – San Francisco attorney Karen Meckstroth on her blog, Bay Area Wills, Trusts & Probate Report 
• FTC Looks to Link Do-Not-Track, Big Data Privacy Concerns; Seeks Solutions – Boris Segalis and Nihar Shah on the InfoLawGroup blog
• Second Circuit Rebuffs Rakoff, Grants Stay to Hear Appeal on Settlement Ruling – Ohio attorney Kevin LaCroix of OakBridge Insurance Services in his blog, The D & O Diary
• SEC v. Citigroup Global Markets: Second Circuit Stays District Court Proceedings For Duration of Appeal and Directs the Clerk to Appoint Counsel to Advocate Upholding the Judge Rakoff’s Ruling
  – Washington, DC lawyer William McGrath of Porter Wright on the firm’s Federal Securities Law Blog
• UConn is Dancin’ for a Third Reason: Its Donor List is a Trade Secret and Exempt from Freedom of Information Act – Chicago lawyer Scott Schaefers of Seyfarth Shaw on the firm’s blog, Trading Secrets
• Court Finds Monsanto Not Big Bad Wolf in Patent Infringement Claims – Omaha, Nebraska attorney Sean Minahan of Lamson, Dugan and Murray on his blog, the Midwest Agricultural Law Guide
• Jobs Act Backlash – Philadelphia lawyer James Saksa of Fox Rothschild on the firm’s blog, the Securities Compliance Sentinel
• JPMorgan Chase Settles for $45 Million for Illegal Fees on Veterans: Ushering in the Era of the Whistleblower – Washington, DC attorney Steven Berk on his blog, The Corporate Observer
• Court Finds No Likelihood of Confusion Between “Kinbox” and “Kinect” – Seattle attorney Stacia Lay of Hendricks & Lewis on her blog, IP Law Chat