Earlier this month the 2011 Clawbies Canadian Law Blog Awards announced the opening of their nominations. Here are the Condo Reporter’s nominations:

Workplacewire.ca: Heenan Blaikie’s labour, employment and pension law blog went live in July of this year. Trying to cajole more than 5 lawyers to regularly post is not an easy task, so we must give credit to the 28 lawyers who have volunteered their time to contribute to the primarily Ontario-based law blog. In addition to featuring posts from various point of views, the blog hosts the practice groups’ many newsletters which range from the latest news on Ontario health and safety and workers’ compensation issues, labour law and pension and benefits law, and also provides downloadable workshop materials from the groups’ popular Managing the Workplace Series.

Entertainment and Media Law Signal: Previously honoured by the Clawbies, the Entertainment and Media Law Signal continue to be very generous with their praise for other blog content and provide unique perspectives in a conversational and friendly manner to spark both online and offline conversations. Bob Tarantino’s excellent work was acknowledged by the Clawbies in 2010, and as a colleague, we are happy that he has continued to provide regular and insightful posts despite have an extremely busy practice this year.

Michael Giest: Because of how influential he is in the law blogosphere, we are sure that we are not the only ones who will be nominating Michael. He deserves our praise as a thought leader in intellectual property law, and hosts a go-to site for some of the most up-to-date and relevant posts among Canadian law bloggers.

You can read more about the annual Clawbie awards at their website, and you can also track the nomination process via Twitter by searching #Clawbies2011.