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: Legal Ethics ForumCourt Hears Argument Today About Attorney Advice and Advertising
The Supreme Court hears argument today in Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A. v. United States, a case challenging a provision of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act that prohibits attorneys from offering advice to incur more debt in contemplation of filing for bankruptcy and mandates a special advertising disclosure for attorneys who offer bankruptcy-related advice. Adam Liptak of the New York Times offers a nice summary of the free speech concerns at play in an article written a few months ago (featuring a quote by the Legal Ethics Forum's own Stephen Gillers) as does Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal in an article posted yesterday.
Full post as published by Legal Ethics Forum on December 01, 2009 (boomark / email).
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