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New York Lawyer Rental Office Business for Lawyers Ok’d By NYSBA 1223

by in Advertising, Advertising Rules, Advisory Opinion, Attorney Advertising, Rules of Professional Conduct. Posted June 4, 2021
When New York Lawyers are Your Renters Rather than Your Clients As the pandemic winds down and folks return to work, there is a lot of discussion about the work place—remote, in person, or hybrid—and the nature of a post COVID work space. In New York one lawyer recently submitted an inquiry to the New ...
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Geo-fencing

Geo-Fencing: Abusive or Astute Attorney Advertising?

by in Advertising, Advertising Rules, Attorney Advertising, electronic communication, legal ethics, New Jersey, Uncategorized. Posted April 20, 2021
New Jersey Opinion 46 Addresses Geo-Fencing Lawyers have discovered the electronic marketing techniques referred to as geo-fencing or geo-targeting and have inquired about the propriety of their use in attorney advertising.  The New Jersey Committee on Attorney Advertising has recently responded in Opinion 46 with guidance that permits geo-fencing with specific limitations. A bit of ...
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Attorneys

Attorneys May Respond to Negative Online Reviews

by in Advertising, Advisory Opinion, Attorney Client Relationship, confidentiality, Legal Services, negative online reviews, Professionalism, Rules of Professional Conduct, Social Media. Posted February 22, 2019
In June 2018, the Florida Bar Ethics Committee voted 18-0 to approve a Florida Bar Staff Opinion that “permits an inquiring attorney to post a limited response to a negative online review that the attorney says falsely accuses her of theft.” Attorneys
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Advertising

Advertising 2.0? The ABA Revises Attorney Advertising Rules

by in Advertising, Advertising Rules, Attorney Client Relationship. Posted October 22, 2018
In an effort to keep up with growing concerns about restrictions on truthful legal ads and lawyer advertising trends regarding cross-border practices, social media, and the internet, the American Bar Association recently published revisions to its ethics rules on lawyer advertising, hoping to promote simplicity and uniformity across the country.
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