The TVMF PALS program is a partnership between TVMF and Meals on Wheels that provides veterinary care free of
charge to
clients of the Pets Assisting the Lives of Seniors (PALS) program of Meals on Wheels for the purpose of strengthening the
human animal bond by ensuring the health and welfare of animals belonging to people who are homebound, elderly, and disabled.
A lawyer may be much more familiar with the problem an Indigenous
client is having — for example, a marital separation, a criminal
charge, or a
human rights complaint — than with the kind of person his or her
client is.
Prof. Conduct 123 (2001)(subject to the operational structure and content described in the opinion, a lawyer may affiliate with an online legal services website); Nebraska Op. 07 - 05 (lawyer may participate in internet lawyer directory which identifies itself as a directory, disclaims being a referral service and only lists basic information about lawyers without recommending specific lawyers and
charges a reasonable, flat annual advertising fee); New Jersey Committee on Attorney Advertising Op. 36 (2006)(lawyer may pay flat fee to internet marketing company for exclusive website listing for particular county in specific practice area if listing includes prominent, unmistakable disclaimer stating the listings are paid advertisements and not endorsements or authorized referrals); North Carolina Op. 2004 - 1 (lawyer may participate in for - profit online service that is a hybrid referral service - legal directory, provided there is no fee - sharing with the service and communications are truthful); Oregon Op. 2007 - 180 (2007)(lawyer may pay nationwide internet referral service for listing if listing is not false or misleading and does not imply that the lawyer can represent
clients outside jurisdictions of the lawyer's license, fee is not based on number of referrals, retained
clients or revenue generated by listing and the service does not exercise discretion in matching
clients with lawyers); Rhode Island 2005 - 01 (permitting website that enables lawyers to post information about their services and respond to anonymous requests for legal services in exchange for flat annual membership fee if website exercises no discretion over which requests lawyers may access); South Carolina 01 - 03 (lawyer may pay internet advertising service fee determined by the number of «hits» that the service produces for the lawyer provided that the service does not steer business to any particular lawyer and the payments are not based on whether user ultimately becomes a
client); Texas Op. 573 (2006)(lawyer may participate in for - profit internet service that matches potential
clients and lawyers if selection process is fully automated and performed by computers without the exercise of
human discretion); Virginia Advertising Op.