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Jay Fleischman's New York Bankruptcy Litigation Blog

Jay S. Fleischman is a good friend to the national bankruptcy bar.  Among other endeavors he practices bankruptcy law in Brooklyn, New York.  He is a blogger of some renown about the issues, including bankruptcy issues, that he cares so deeply about.  Recently, he updated his New York Bankruptcy Litigation blog that he has operated for some time.  It is now an even better tool for those who need not only Jay's help, but who are interest in the subject of bankruptcy litigation issues.

Assisting Jay in his redesign was G2WebMedia, the up and coming web and blog design team of Grant and Clay Griffith.  Grant is an attorney in Kansas that really helped pioneer the use of blogs as an effective means for informing the public about legal issues and generating clients.

If you have not have not added New York Bankruptcy Litigation to your blog reader you should do so now.

Billy Price And His New G2 Web Media Site

As I have always stated, blogging is a necessary tool to any solo practitioner.  And, there is no easier way to incorporate a blog than by starting with blog software.  The reason is that blogging allows you to organically increase your presence on the web but, more importantly, it allows you to build a wealth of content that your clients (and perspective clients) need and appreciate.

That is the reason that I am delighted to see that my good friend Billy Price, a noted bankruptcy attorney in North Texas (the Dallas - Fort Worth - Plano area), has converted his static website for one built around his new blog.  You can view it by clicking here. I cannot wait to see Billy get started on all the subject matter that is the consumer bankruptcy practice of law.  I am adding him to my blog reader.

The other point is that these blog-based sites do not have to be as expensive as static websites, in which people and groups try to sell you expensive hosting services and have to work, for money, to increase your organic placement on Google and other search engines.  Want to increase your placement on a blog -- then blog -- and blog some more. Talk to people about what they want to know.  Build real content and your placement will start to improve.

Now the problem is that some people feel stymied by the design, hosting and set up aspects of any such endeavor.  There is no reason to fear.  Billy relied on G2 Web Media to do the initial work.  This company is operated by Grant Griffiths and his so Clay Griffith.  Grant is a legend of sorts in developing blogs as a client recruitment tool in the solo practice of law.  He currently runs Home Office Warrior. I think he can show you just how economical (cheap I think is really the word) it is to become an expert in your field, in your area, and in a way to find new paying clients.

New Site Attempts To Recycle Pacer Documents

As mentioned on Robert Ambrogi's Lawsites, Carl Malamud and his public.resource.org are trying to "liberate" government documents, and his latest project is Recycle Your Used Pacer Documents!.  As you know, Pacer requires users to register and to pay a fee of 8 cents a page.  Public.resource.org believe that PACER's registration requirement and fees create work to deny the public access to Pacer.  Therefore, the site will provide a way for Pacer users to upload and share the documents they download, making them available to others without cost.

I MADE "REAL LAWYER NEWS"

I would like to thank all of those at RealLawyerNews.Com for their write up of me and my Spare Room Tycoon blog.  It is nice to find those out there that have common interest.

NET NEUTRALITY EXPLAINED

Net Neutrality is an important issue to bankruptcy attorneys (and really all consumer based attorneys) because, like it or not, they rely on the Internet so much in their practice for marketing, information and services.  Net Neutrality, however, is under grave attack.  Since the Robber Barron days we have had what are known as "common carriage" rules in this country, which provide in part that services subject to interstate commerce must be offered on non-discriminatory basis, neutral as to users and use.  This is true for interstate motels, trains, planes, telephone companies, TV stations, among others.  Now the baby bells and the large media companies want to get control of the Internet and control what you can do and what you can see.  They believe they have the money to accomplish this because Washington (and especially the party in power) is nothing if it is not about money. The problem is exacerbated by the fact that these companies have grown so large that what seems like an outrageously obscene amount of money to me or you or a Congressperson, now represents an insignificant amount of money to these corporations.  Verizon, for example, is said to be spending about $1.4 million A WEEK on lobbying to do away with net neutrality.  We as consumers have very little money or organization or lobbyist in comparison to counter this attack.  Consumer bankruptcy attorneys in particular should understand this in that the same thing happened with bankruptcy reform.  The only option we have is the vote.  We only get it on one day every two years.  We need to use it.  To understand the argument a little better, I have attached a video below that explains the situation.

MOYERS ON THE NET AT RISK

I took time to watch The Net At Risk by Bill Moyers on PBS. It was a full 90 minute review of the fight over net neutrality in a thoughtful and historic way.  It showed, with real life examples, the real fight that is going on to harm the marketability of blogs like this one and the services that Third Wave lawyers and law firms are trying to offer the American People.  Everybody needs to go view this program.  The program demonstrated:

1.  The American Government allowed the Baby Bells to retain billions of dollars for the sole purpose of building cost effective high-speed fiber optic networks for the Internet and these companies kept the money and did not do what they promised.

2.  America's broadband speeds are just one percent of many or most industrialized countries in the World today even though America is the country that conceived the Internet.  This has a terrible effect on the quality and capability of the product we bloggers can put out, and the services that the American people and companies can receive.

3.  The federal government is working actively to inhibit access to content on the web to the degree that the entry level for information that we will provide could be cost prohibitive or simply unproductive.

4.  Although they would provide no content, the cable companies and Baby Bells are fighting municipalities who are trying to build the true high-speed backbone necessary to their constituents and businesses. These companies want to control the backbone or infrastructure even though they have no intent on providing the world class capabilities that the people demand.

5.  The money being spent (mainly on Republican office holders) in both lobbying and campaign contributions to achieve a result that can in no way effect the general public or businesses in a positive way has reached the point of being extremely obscene. 

Everybody needs to contact their representatives and let them know that if they do not support legislation that keeps the Internet open to all, and greatly allow for the improvement of services to the American people, then there will be political consequences.

WHEN CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY ATTORNEYS COME TOGETHER TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IT IS A GOOD THING

In 2005 there is no secret among bankruptcy attorneys that the Bankruptcy Code changed substantially and, as a result, the public is often confused as to whether they can file bankruptcy or whether bankruptcy even still exists.  Some individual attorneys and law firms have tried to fight this perception alone with their own TV ads and marketing.  However, in Florida about 22 local bankruptcy attorneys and law firms got together as a group to inform the public that bankruptcy does still exist and is available to most.  They created their own website, Florida Bankruptcy Is OK, as well as create and air their own TV ad that sought to inform the public without preference to what attorney those in need should retain.  In some way if local attorney groups could come together with the objective of informing those filing bankruptcy of the importance of the automatic stay and discharge order, as well as the terrible unseen effects cased by the violation of either, consumers would be better off.  But this effort in Florida should be congratulated.  Bankruptcy attorneys have always been giving and considerate of others, and this effort obviously reflects the best of the profession.  See the group's TV ad below: