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LexBlog Founder & CEO Kevin O'Keefe walks through the basics of legal blogging—all the essentials a lawyer needs for building a book of business through digital publishing.

Common Sense Legal Blogging - Chapter 25 - How to Market Your Law Blog Common Sense Legal Blogging - Chapter 24 - Localize Your Blog and Posts Common Sense Legal Blogging - Chapter 23 - Blogging in a Conversational Tone

Communications, Media & Entertainment

President Biden Signs Sweeping Executive Order Promoting Competition with Far-Reaching Effects on Antitrust Enforcement and Communications Law CPSC Creeping Closer to a Democrat Majority August Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters: National EAS Test, License Renewals, EEO Reporting, Political Broadcasting Rules Proposals, Media Ownership Comments, Annual Regulatory Fees, and More

Corporate & Commercial

Court of Chancery Grants Stay of Discovery Pending Resolution of Advancement Claim It’s Time for The Industry to Engage on SOFR's Voldemort Problem Do You Need to Know Someone’s Full Name Before You Can Sue Them?

Corporate Compliance

New AG on the Block: Oklahoma Attorney General John O'Connor DOJ Takes Stance on Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccine Policies: They Do Not Violate Federal Food and Drug Laws Failure to Update "Contingent" Pricing Dooms Proposal and Protest

Corporate Finance

FATF Continues to Stress AML Risks From Virtual Asset Service Providers Emerging Trends in UK Competition Law Vlog Series - Part IV: Horizon Scanning Implementing the Corporate Transparency Act: A Guest Blog

Criminal

Ohio Justice provides insider take on "sentencing by ambush" due to plea bargaining process Is the politics of crime and punishment now different than in our recent history?Weird Criminal Law Stories # 682: Closet Secret?

Disability Law

DOJ HHS Guidance on Whether Long Haul Covid-19 is a Disability Episode 119: Disability and The Criminal Justice System with Attorney Jason Chan Need to get rid of some blood? Plasma donation centers and the ADA.

E-Discovery

EDRM Has Just Launched a Privilege Log Survey: eDiscovery Trends Keeping Cyber Threats At Bay? Cyber Insurance Start Up At-Bay Closes Series D Financing Court Denies Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel Production Format and Motion for Sanctions: eDiscovery Case Law

Education

New Staff or New Roles? Franczek P.C. Offers Updated Title IX Basic and Role Training for K-12 Administrators Episode 119: Disability and The Criminal Justice System with Attorney Jason Chan See You In Court - July/August 2021

Employment & Labor

June 2021 Update of the SEC’s Covered Actions for Potential Whistleblower Claims To Mandate or Not To Mandate: Department of Justice Weighs In on Vaccination Mandates DOJ Memo: The Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Does Not Prohibit Entities from Requiring Vaccines Subject to an EUA

Energy

Not Broken, Simply Unfinished – What’s Next for the AJP?Greenberg Traurig Launches Storm Uri Texas Litigation Tracker Powered Haulage Safety High Priority for MSHA

Environmental

Not Broken, Simply Unfinished – What’s Next for the AJP?Greenberg Traurig Launches Storm Uri Texas Litigation Tracker Time to Mask Up Again? CDC Revises Mask Guidance for Vaccinated Individuals

Ethics & Professional Responsibility

Crowdfund the Kraken!What are Today’s Law Students Learning?Lawyer Spotlight: Mitchell B. Goldberg, Lawrence Kamin, LLC

Family & Divorce

Divorce Court Free to Modify Temporary Oral Custody Order Civil Contempt Reversed in Kingston, Tennessee Dispute over Retirement Benefits: Murray v. Godsey FAQs: Mental Illness in the Divorce Process

Financial

FCA publishes final rules to strengthen investor protections in SPACs ACER publishes updated guidance on REMIT FCA updates webpages for IFPR

Food, Drug & Agriculture

As table set for United States v. Paul Kruse, save a place for Blue Bell Scale of Campylobacter poultry link assessed in UK study FDA TechTalk podcast episode to focus on whole genome sequencing

Government

US Executive Branch Update - July 28, 2021 Court Upholds Chicago's Impoundment Ordinance Clergy Sex Abuse Case Alleges Racial Discrimination As Well

Health Care

CADTH convenes Advisory Panel on a pan-Canadian prescription drug list Will Patents Become More Political? The PTO Begins to Implement Arthrex Where Are We Now? Trends in Telehealth Utilization

Immigration

U.S.-Canadian Border to Open in August With Certain Restrictions District Court Blocks Filing of New DACA Applications Tier 1 Entrepreneur Settlement: Job Creation Requirement

Insurance

Updated CDC Guidance on Quarantine Length for Exposed Individuals Why Was My Loved One’s Long-Term Care Insurance Claim Denied?What is Liability Insurance?

Intellectual Property

PTAB Decisions & Issue Preclusion BREAKING NEWS – FDA Approves First Interchangeable Biosimilar Insulin Product Enjeux de communications électroniques versus validité de brevets

International

FCA publishes final rules to strengthen investor protections in SPACs ACER publishes updated guidance on REMIT FCA updates webpages for IFPR

Law Firm Marketing & Management

Watch Video Replays of Past Women Who Wow Programs Todo List Triage Why You Shouldn’t Care About Other People’s Opinions of You

Law Library

A Teams Player A Virtual Law Library Director Off the Map

Law School Blogs

The Current State of DACA Do Firms in Developing Countries Use Dividend Policy to Build Trust with Investors?Arnold & Porter Discusses Criminal Antitrust Risks in Mergers & Acquisitions

Maritime

COVID-19 Cases On German Cruise Ship Amera Increase to Twelve Nine (and Counting) Crew Members on Cruise Ship in Germany Test Positive for Coronavirus Ten Royal Caribbean Crew Members Test Positive for COVID-19 on Independence of the Seas and Jewel of the Seas

Nonprofit Law

The Perseverance of William Dukes Important Year-End Reminder for Clergy Stay Off the Charitable Solicitation Naughty List

Personal Injury

As table set for United States v. Paul Kruse, save a place for Blue Bell Scale of Campylobacter poultry link assessed in UK study FDA TechTalk podcast episode to focus on whole genome sequencing

Press

Stay up to date with the latest news and announcements from the LexBlog team.

LexBlog's New Syndication Portal Lets Any Organization Become A Publishing Hub LexBlog Announces Partnership with Clio for New Workflow Management Integration

Privacy & Data Security

Another Court Deems Forensic Investigation Report Not Privileged Microsoft Predicts 40 Percent of Employees Might Quit Their Jobs White House Issues Memorandum on Improving Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure Control Systems

Probate & Estate Planning

Breaking it Down: Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Guardianships and Conservatorships – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Family of James Brown settles 15-year battle over his estate

Property Law

New L Rev Article: "Givens v. Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC and the Unresolved Circuit Split" (Tex. A. & M. J. Prop. L.)Dream Job Alert: Con Law Fellow @PacificLegal Cedar Point Part VI: What Others Are Saying

Real Estate & Construction

It’s Time for The Industry to Engage on SOFR's Voldemort Problem Presidential Executive Order 14008: The Climate Crisis Order ENFORCING COVENANTS - NEW VIRGINIA STATUTES AFFECT COURT ACTIONS

Resource Center

Law blog post idea: Answering questions in blog posts creates helpful resources for clients Takeaway sections make your blog post more scannable Law blog post idea: "Week in Review" makes for a great, reoccurring staple piece

Securities

Prestige Equity – Tips to Spot a Fraudulent Investment Scheme Mandatory Climate Risk Disclosures: SEC Chair Gensler’s Remarks The Art of Responding to Corp Fin Comments: What Not to Do

Supreme Court

Clergy Sex Abuse Case Alleges Racial Discrimination As Well Free Exercise Challenges To Illinois COVID Orders Dismissed As Moot Clearly Settled Law Deals Only With Constitutional Norms, Not With Other Elements of Section 1983

Tax

New Mexico updates guidance regarding taxation of marketplace sales SALT trivia - July 28, 2021 Coronavirus Tax Relief: Treatment of Amounts Paid to Section 170(c) Organizations under Employer Leave-based Donation Programs to Aid Victims of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Technology

An Example of the Complex Pressures Facing Law Firms Bringing deep tech and AI to the Supreme Court of India: In conversation with Manthan Trivedi EC Publishes Report on Use of Nanomaterials in Cosmetics and Review of Cosmetics Regulation Regarding Nanomaterials

This Week in Legal Blogging

This Week in Legal Blogging with Bob Ambrogi is a weekly show on Facebook Live and Twitter in which we sit down with some of the most accomplished bloggers around and hear about what works for them.

Bradley Arant's Will Manuel on well-written blog posts and running a multi-authored publication Tracey Diamond looks back on nearly a decade as a legal blogging editor Lee Peretz on blogging benefits from a business development standpoint

Trademark

Blockchange v Blockchange (SDNY): Does SaaS create minimum contacts for personal jurisdiction? We don't know yet.Do Federal Agency Determinations Approving Wine Labels Create Safe-Harbors Against State Labeling Laws? - ND Cal Text of Complaint in Trump v. Twitter for de-platforming. And he wants Section 230 out of the way.

Women in Law

How To Have A Social Life That Doesn’t Interfere With Your Studies What on Earth is a Clerkship and How do I Get One?Three Things I Learned About The French Lifestyle That Changed How I Practice Law