The District of Columbia Bar Issues Social Media Guidelines
The District of Columbia Bar is the most recent state bar to issue social media guidelines.
Read more
California Releases Final Advisory Opinion on Lawyer Blogs
Recently, the California Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct finalized its opinion that analyzes whether attorney-authored blogs should be governed by the advertising regulations.
Read more
California Interim Opinion Provides Guidelines For Attorney Bloggers
Lawyers who maintain non-legal blogs may preemptively celebrate that their recipe and music blogs would not be considered “communications” subject to California’s attorney advertising rule 1-400 even if they link to their professional law firm pages according to The State Bar of California’s second Proposed Formal Opinion Interim. California
Read more
Rhode Island Approves Attorney’s “Winning” Advertisement
A lawyer whose last name rhymed with win may use an advertisement that proclaims “Win with [insert attorney's rhyming last name].” Winning
Read more
Is Your LinkedIn Profile Attorney Advertising?
Does an attorney’s LinkedIn profile necessarily constitute attorney advertising?
Read more
South Carolina Attorneys May Tout Certification as Privacy Professional
Can attorneys use a Privacy Professional as their designation in a signature block? Are attorneys implicating ethics rules, such as advertising, by doing so? The South Carolina Bar recently issued an Ethics Advisory Opinion stating that a lawyer who is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/US (“CIPP/US”) may use that designation in her e-mail signature block and other communications. Certification
Read more
If It’s Not “Real Time,” Is It Solicitation? Florida to Reconsider Rule on Prohibited Solicitation
In light of the Florida Bar’s recent decision to permit attorney advertising by texting, the Florida Bar Board of Governors will review amendments to Florida’s solicitation rule at its meeting on December 4, 2015.
Read more
South Carolina: Linking Google AdWords to Opposing Party and Counsel Violates Legal Ethics Rules
A South Carolina attorney—who used Google AdWords to link his law firm’s advertisement to the names of an opposing party timeshare company and three attorneys associated with the timeshare company—was prosecuted by the South Carolina Bar for violations of South Carolina’s advertising rules and the Lawyer’s Oath contained in South Carolina Appellate Court Rule 402(k).
Read more
Federal Court: Florida Limitations on Advertising Specialization Are Unconstitutional
On September 30, 2015, a Florida federal court held that the Florida advertising rule that prohibits an attorney from truthfully stating that he or she specializes in a specific field of law is a violation of the First Amendment and therefore unconstitutional.
Read more
Ohio Lawyers Limited in Advertising Their Services During Legal Seminars
On August 7, 2015, the Ohio Board of Professional Conduct made it clear in Formal Opinion No. 2015-2, that lawyers may present a legal seminar to prospective clients.
Read more