We are working on better organization of the law guides and use WordPress as our content management system. It’s a great CMS, not just a blog, but organization can be problematic, especially when creating a table of contents for appearance and not wanting it to appear in the permalink. Continue reading…

Many changes taking place this month, July 2010. Currently we are looking at changing the forums as part of the major upgrade. Tremendous thought has gone into these changes, including the direction of our both the folks at Internet Brands with vBulletin and Invision with Invision Power Board. A large part of the decision revolves around integration of several parts of our offerings. No question in is a major change for the better. We are also launching a special surprise too… keep on the lookout here shortly.

Our legal bookstore is online and will provide our partnership with Amazon. We’ll also be providing special discount coupons for your law books as well. Help support us by purchasing your law books from our bookstore!

The legal forms store is available online with the free legal forms additions on their way next week. Looks great, help support us! It has forms from all fifty states and specialized as well.

So the Law Journal and Law Review will be online this month – shortly we’ll have the legal job match, which will be extremely exciting for sole practitioners, law students and other legal professionals looking for work. Stay tuned and feel free to write to us for more information.

After refining the updates to the comprehensive lawyer directory for the past 4 days, we’ll be finishing tomorrow and featuring a list of over 200,000 lawyers nationwide. Attorneys can claim their listings, update them and provide valuable enhancements for a small fee – one of the best bargains on the Internet. Look forward to it’s release this week!

While working today on updating the database, I received yet another call from (239) 498-3522 – another Card Services call scam. Can’t get off the list and will continue to be peppered by calls – time to take yours and begin a class action against these people since the FTC either won’t or is too challenged by even larger scams to take action.

Hours after I received a call from the shady “Card Services” I got another one from the “Warranty Services” scam – originating from Platino Interpr at (909) 691-9149. I was fortunate to be able to record enough of the call so you can hear how they train their operators to avoid telling you exactly who they are. There is no question their calls are designed to fool you into thinking they are affiliated with your car dealership or company with whom you may still have a warranty.  Click to hear the phone call. Continue reading…

While working on our news section of the site I received yet another automated telemarketing call with the same woman’s voice, telling me this was my final notice in order to lower my interest rates. How I wished this was the final call, this time from Daytona Beach, Florida at (386) 767-8027. However, the person who picked up to finagle me into a can’t lose deal was calling on behalf of “Consumer Services” – perhaps this is the new version of the infamous “Card Services” company that has taken the country by storm and unable to be stopped. Continue reading…

A complaint to the MTA about the absurd $4+ million renaming of the Triborough Bridge returned a shocking email admission from MTA officials. In their arrogance, the MTA (Manhattan Transit Authority) put in writing what all of us fear – our officials do not believe they need to stop their own reckless spending of our tax dollars in pursuit of their own personal and political pet projects. Continue reading…