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Florida Legal Ethics Update: From Questioning Diversity Quotas to Proposals for a Regulatory Sandbox and More

by in Access to Justice, Attorney Advertising, CLE requirements, legal ethics, Legal Services, negative online reviews, regulatory sandbox, Rule 5.4 Professional Independence of a Lawyer, Technology, UPL. Posted July 12, 2021
Florida CLE Diversity Controversy The Florida Supreme Court attracted national attention when it recently sua sponte changed the CLE programming requirements such that The Florida Bar cannot approve CLE programming and Florida lawyers cannot receive CLE credits for attendance at any program for which there was a diversity requirement or quota pertaining to the selection ...
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First Amendment

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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super lawyer

Gig’s Up in NJ: Are You Really a #1, Super, Duper, Top-Rated, Best Lawyer?

by in Attorney Advertising. Posted May 11, 2021
The New Jersey Supreme Court’s Committee on Attorney Advertising Demands Verifiable “Super” Awards and Honors Last week New Jersey’s Supreme Court Committee on Attorney Advertising issued a notice cautioning lawyers that terms like “super,” “top,” “best,” and “rising star” that may be awarded to lawyers by various organizations may only be used in advertising if ...
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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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Advertising

Law Firm Texting : Impermissible Solicitation or Direct Mail Advertising?

by in Advertising Rules, Attorney Advertising, First Amendment, legal ethics, Legal Services, News, solicitation, Technology, texting. Posted May 21, 2015
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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