Ads for qualifying providers must still comply
with lawyer advertising rules and may only connect users to attorneys authorized to practice law in Florida.
As the Internet continues to evolve, so will online advertising for lawyers, and so will
lawyer advertising rules.
As New York is busy trying to revamp
its lawyer advertising rules, the majority's rationale brings essentially every writing within the scope of advertising, commercial solicitation, despite the total absence of anything in the content to suggest it.
Elliot says that the site appeared to violate Kentucky's
lawyer advertising rules.
Kevin O'Keefe at Lex Blog endorses Gregory Beck's post and reminds us that lawyers still have First Amendment rights; and Nicole Black at Sui Generis links to attorney Joshua Stein's commentary on the proposed changes to
the lawyer advertising rules in New York and offers her own criticisms on the issue.
Lawyers and law firms should review
the lawyer advertising rules in their entirety to comply with their requirements.»