Oil Spill Claims Process Going From Bad to Worse?
BP claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg issued new rules for BP oil spill claims today. The rules will govern payments from the $20 billion escrow fund. The fund will begin accepting applications on August 23, 2010. Within hours of the release of the new rules, the attorneys general of both Florida and Alabama had written Feinberg to condemn the new BP claims procedures.
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How Attorneys Can Build Trust Using Social Media (No, It’s Not Another Lawyer Joke)
Business information publisher eMarketer just published a survey examining the factors that create trust on the part of social media users. Although the survey didn’t deal specifically with online legal marketing, I believe there are some insights that can be useful to social-media savvy lawyers. I’ll share my attorney-specific ideas near the end of this post.
First, here’s an interesting chart ranking the trustworthiness of 10 sources of social media information:
From www.eMarketer.com
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