When I created Cruise Law News back in September 2009, my goal was to raise awareness of safety issues on cruise ships. I wanted my articles to be interesting and, perhaps, provocative in order to spark debate about the cruise industry with the goal of making cruising safer for both passengers and crew.
Back then
One of the interesting things about having a website or blog is that it is easy to see how many people are clicking on your site and reading your stuff.
Google Analytics is an easy (and free) program that lets me see how many people visit Cruise Law News, how long they stay and how
The following is from LexBlog TV which hosts our firm’s blog Cruise Law News:
By far and away, the most encapsulating part of the news surrounding the Costa Concord shipwreck in Italy has to be the remarkable and unbelievable imagery. But while the images of the ship lying on its side, half above the water, are
As this year comes to a close, it’s time to look back at some of events of 2011.
Last year started out with a bang. Our firm represented a seriously injured crewmember in a case against Royal Caribbean. Our client sustained a debilitating back injury, underwent an unsuccessful surgery, and needed a second surgery which
Its been another exciting week in the world of cruising.
Over 50,000 cruise passengers arrived or departed aboard eight ships at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale yesterday, setting a new world record for most people entering/leaving a port according to the Sun Sentinel. The newspaper reports that the Oasis of the Seas, Liberty of the
This month marks the two year anniversary of the first publication of Cruise Law News ("CLN").
My first blog was back on September 7, 2009. Since then I have written around 700 blogs about all types of disturbing and weird things that happen on cruise ships.
As I predicted two years ago, cruise lines and travel agents cringe daily at the articles.
Today I had the pleasure of visiting the headquarters of LexBlog in Seattle Washington. As many of you know, LexBlog is the company which provides the technical support for this blog. LexBlog designed the layout of Cruise Law News so if you like the design and functionality of this blog, thank LexBlog.
LexBlog does
Yesterday I bought a Blackberry PlayBook. Small and compact and new to the market, the PlayBook is supposed to compete with the iPad 2. Its screen is only 3 and 1/2 by 6 inches. It has everything on it. I can blog, prepare legal pleadings, and email outside of the office. The PlayBook also has a camera
Its never dull in the world of cruising. This week was no exception.
Our firm remained busy with cases against the cruise lines. At any given time, we and our co-counsel represent a little under 100 cruise passengers and crewmembers. New clients retained us this week after being injured on Carnival, Celebrity, Disney and Royal
This past week has been a busy time for our firm with many international news stories being published about the cruise industry.
.jpg)
Our firm is off and running with our advertising in Jamaica. We spent Sunday fielding questions from prospective clients in response to our ads in local Sunday newspapers. We are in discussions with advertisers in other Caribbean countries where injured and disabled
This past week has been an exciting period of time for the lawyers at Cruise Law.
Jamaica:
Jonathan Aronson and I returned from visiting clients in Jamaica. There are a number of injured crew members who the cruise lines have dumped back in their home country after they were injured working the long hours demanded
I just returned from a three day trip to Montego Bay.
My co-counsel, Jonathan Aronson, and I met with several of our clients who were seriously injured while working for Miami based cruise lines and have been languishing in Jamaica after being dumped back at home. Seeing our clients, in their local communities, with their
It’s official. Cruise Law is the top vote receiver in the Shorty Awards contest in crowd-sourced field of law for 2011.
For those of you who follow this blog or interact with me on Twitter, you know that I am a lawyer who believes in the power of communicating via the social media of blogs, Facebook and
Cruise Law News was featured today in Attorney at Law Magazine in an article by legal marketing expert Paula Black.
In her article "The Right Results," Paula writes:
"Jim Walker of Miami firm Walker & O’Neill P.A. runs the popular Cruise Law News, a blog focused solely on "breaking news and legal commentary regarding cruise ship passengers and crew
Cruise Law News (CLN)’s readership exploded last month. In February, our followers read 100,000 pages of CLN which remains the 10th most popular law blog in the U.S. Here is what people are recently saying about Jim Walker and CLN:
"Top Maritime Lawyer" – ABA Journal.
"Top Cruise Lawyer" – USA Today.
"Prominent Private Practice Maritime
One of the interesting things about having a blog is that there are programs which indicate how many viewers you have, how many pages they look at, and the countries where they are from.
For the first two weeks of this month alone, Cruise Law News (CLN) has been viewed over 62,000 times. We have been the tenth most
Year 2011 began with a bang at Cruise Law News (“CLN”).
CLN was the first publication in the U.S. to cover some of the most newsworthy stories about the cruise industry this year.
We started the year by pointing out that the new president (Christine Duffy) of the the cruise industry’s trade organization, the Cruise
Cruise Radio is the most popular cruise related radio show in the world.
Yesterday we were one of the guests on the radio show and discussed tips on how to stay safe on cruise ships.
I discuss some tips to keep in mind if you cruise. About keeping your kids safe. About child predators on cruises. About
