In my monthly column on internet marketing for lawyers in Web Marketing Today, I tackle the sticky issue of ethics and compliance for law firm websites. If you had told me when I started teaching ethics CLEs on this subject in 1997 that I’d be this well-versed on the subject–and…
If you are like me– seemingly spending half your life reviewing state bar rules, regulations and ethics opinions for my clients that seek to ensure compliance in the states in which they practice–I’m sorry to hear that. Hopefully, like most attorneys, you are more of a casual observer. In August,…
If you are a PA lawyer, and it feels like you’ve been hearing me deliver marketing ethics CLE hours for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute for more than a decade now, it is because you have. My very first ethics CLE ever was given in Philly, New York and Houston in…
In April, I organized a CLE teleconference for the ABA Center for Professional Development entitled, “Is Your Legal Blog Compliant? Ethical Considerations in the Wake of Hunter v. Virginia State Bar“. The roundtable featured me, Virginia legal ethics legend Tom Spahn of McGuireWoods, big-time blogging employment lawyer Molly DiBianca of…
What better place to repeat the ever-popular “online marketing ethics” course for lawyers than in my old stomping grounds, before a Sixers game at the Wachovia Center…where I was an in-house attorney back in the day. This new PBI program includes an hour of ethics CLE and a Sixers game…
OPINION Archaic rules hobble attorneys Businesspeople and consumers would laugh at advertising limits on lawyers. Micah U. Buchdahl September 7, 2009 As the economy sputters and every morning’s inbox is greeted with news of law firm layoffs and “out of business” signs, it highlights an obstacle to the business of…
Who would have thought the docs would beat the lawyers to the courtroom? Well, in Camden County Superior Court in New Jersey, two hospital behemoths – Virtua Health and Cooper Health System – are battling over the use of local rankings and ratings in advertising and promotion. The argument goes…
Just kidding about the “death” reference. The much-talked about changes to the attorney advertising rules in New York take effect today. And in the end, New York proved no better (or worse) than the majority of state bars in creating different standards for what is and is not kosher. Don’t…
In a summer where Superman Returns, it is Super Lawyer getting hit by kryptonite, thanks to the recent ethics opinion from my resident state of New Jersey. As many of my readers know, I speak at law firms on a weekly basis regarding marketing ethics (usually as in-house CLEs and…
I’ve studied Florida’s Pit Bull case for a number of years, and just prior to its recent court victory over the state bar, authored a piece about the ethics of animals in law firm marketing for ALM’s Small Firm Business. Read the ARTICLE at Internethttps://www.marketingattorney.com.