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HawkLaw Attorney Advertising Being Preyed Upon By South Carolina Bar Authorities?

by in Advertising Rules, Attorney Advertising, First Amendment, lawyer advertising. Posted June 9, 2021
First Amendment v Attorney Advertising Regulation The internet’s low cost and ease of advertising has increased the focus on the tension between the state regulation of attorney advertising and attorneys’ First Amendment right to commercial speech that was  established by the US Supreme Court in Bates v Arizona in 1977. The latest episode is taking ...
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law books

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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Meeting

ABA’S Full House: 2019 Annual Meeting in San francisco Results in Mass Resolution Adoption

by in Advertising Rules, Advisory Opinion, Attorney Client Relationship, Attorneys Fees, Ethics Opinion, Featured, Marijuana, News, Professionalism, Technology. Posted February 22, 2021
On On August 8, 2019, the American Bar Association (“ABA”) held its annual meeting, during which the ABA House of Delegates met with an outlook of nearly 60 resolutions to be decided upon. After two days of deliberation, which included revising and amending the proposed resolutions, 50 were adopted.
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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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Philadelphia

Philadelphia Law Firm Sues Morgan & Morgan Over Misleading Advertisements

by in Advertising Rules, News, Outsourcing, Professionalism. Posted October 31, 2017
Rosenbaum & Associates, a Philadelphia personal injury law firm, recently filed a complaint against Morgan & Morgan, a Florida-based personal injury law firm, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The complaint alleges that Morgan & Morgan falsely advertises that it represents clients in the Philadelphia area.
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