Sentences with phrase «legal lead generators»
To me, two of the more important takeaways from these changes are the revisions to the definition of when a person becomes a prospective client and the rules relating to paying legal lead generators (insertions underlined, deletions struck through):
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When he challenged the Obama rule in court as Oklahoma's attorney general, Pruitt was one of the leading voices for the legal argument that EPA can't regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants because it already has a standard for mercury and air toxics emission from generators — known as the 112 exclusion, referring to a section of the Clean Air Act.
The new comment says it's OK to pay for «lead generation» services, provided the generator doesn't vouch for the lawyer's credentials or abilities, or create the impression that it has chosen the lawyer by analyzing the potential client's legal problems, or pretend that the recommendation is being made gratis.
To comply with Rule 7.1, a lawyer must not pay a lead generator that states, implies, or creates a reasonable impression that it is recommending the lawyer, is making the referral without payment from the lawyer, or has analyzed a person's legal problems when determining which lawyer should receive the referral.
In Opinion 1131, the Committee addressed whether a lawyer could pay for an online lead generator, which would provide the lawyer with the contact information for potential clients in need of legal services.