Friday Legal & Safety News Roundup: December 2, 2011

I can't believe December is here already — where has the year gone! Here is the legal and safety news that caught my interest this week:

• 12 Gadgets for the Holidays [Geri L. Dreiling at Lawyer Tech Review]
• Cowboys May Be Able To Control Cheerleader, But Not Me [David Mittleman at Injury Board]
• For Better Government, Don't Kill All The Lawyers: Noah Feldman [Noah Feldman at Bloomberg H/T Howard Bashmant at How Appealing]
• Cell Phone Use By Truck Drivers Illegal [Morgan Adams at Truck Injury Lawyer Blog]
• Flaming Volts Ignite Investigation [The Pop Tort]
• Does North Carolina Bar Advocate Blogging About Accidents To Get Cases? [Brian Tannebaum at My Law Licence]
• An Open Letter to Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar Regarding SB 978 [Sam Glover at Public Citizen Consumer Law & Policy Blog]
• No Way Out [Scott Greenfield at Simple Justice]
• Conservative Think Tank "Discovers" Importance of 7th Amendment Right to Civil Jury Trial [Andrew Cochran at The 7th Amendment Advocate]
• The Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act: Welfare For Overbilling Lawyers [Max Kennerly at Litigation & Trial]
• The Practice: The Definitive (All You Need To Know) Guide (This Is It) To Social Media For Lawyers [Brian Tannebaum at Above The Law]
• Is Law Blogging Just Advertising? The Virginia Bar Thinks So [Christopher Danzig at Above The Law]
• Workplace Safety Goes Missing [The Pop Tort]
• The Supreme Court's Recusal Problem [NYT Editorial]
• Well Played, McDonalds [Radley Balko at The Agitator]
• Tea Party Nation's Judson Phillips Again Slams Federal Medmal Bills [Andrew Cochran at Injury Board]
• New York's Worst Auto Insurance Companies [Eric Turkewitz at New York Personal Injury Law Blog]
• Best Law School / Worst Law School [Turkewitz]

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