Same-Sex Civil Marriages: Ohio Judges Are Compelled to Follow the Rule of Law
On August 7, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued Advisory Opinion 2015-1. Marriages
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Judges on Facebook: Exercising First Amendment Rights or Violating the Judicial Canons?
There is no doubt that since the inception of Facebook in 2004, various other social media networks have sprung up allowing people to share and exchange information instantly.
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Texting is Permissible Advertising in Florida
The Florida Bar Board of Governors decided that texting potential clients is not impermissible in person solicitation,
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Florida Bar Releases Best Practices for Effective Electronic Communication
The Florida Bar has released guidelines for electronic communication that consider issues of professionalism and legal ethics that may arise when an attorney uses texting, emailing, a smart phone, and social media in his or her practice. Effective
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Law Firm Texting : Impermissible Solicitation or Direct Mail Advertising?
The Florida Bar Committee on Advertising voted 6-1 to answer the texting question by defining a law firm's proposed texting campaign as impermissible solicitation analogous to inappropriate phone calling or telemarketing to attract clients.
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So, What About LinkedIn Endorsements? LinkedIn & The Attorney Advertising Rules
LinkedIn Endorsements are one of the many attractive features of the professional networking website that have left the population of attorney-LinkedIn users befuddled as to whether they are ethically permitted to engage in such LinkedIn etiquette.
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Attorney’s Website Posts Judges’ Praise: Another Victory for the First Amendment in Attorney Advertising?
An August 2014 decision continues to cause a stir among free speech supporters. Website
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When is a Blog Subject to the Attorney Advertising Rules?
The State Bar of California’s Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct, recently released a draft of an interim opinion that serves to address under what circumstances blogging by an attorney is considered a form of advertisement that may be subject to the requirements and restrictions of the Rules of Professional Conduct. Blog
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Florida Bar Repeals Guidelines on Advertising Past Results After Declared Unconstitutional
The Florida Bar advertising guidelines, which were revised in February 2014, stated “indoor and outdoor display and radio and television media do not lend themselves to effective communication of such information” and therefore the Bar indicated that it was not likely to approve any such ads even if the ads included the Bar’s required disclaimers.
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Virtual Law Offices Permitted Under N.Y. Advertising Rules
According to the New York state bar’s ethics committee, attorney advertising ethics rules allow some nonresident attorneys who are licensed in New York to provide legal services to New Yorkers through a “purely virtual” office.
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