Litigation

Court Rejects Most of the Restrictions on New York Attorney Advertising
A groundbreaking case has made news today in New York, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has declared most of the content-based attorney advertising rules unconstitutional...

New York's Advertising Rules and the Problem of Ethics Laundering
You'd expect a personal injury attorney to flatly oppose any restrictions on anti-solicitation rules. But not New York Personal Injury Attorney Eric Turkewitz. In this post, Turkewitz criticizes New York's controversial 2007 advertising rule, which the Second Circuit hears today,...

Tenth Circuit rejects novel argument about crack retroactivity rules
The Tenth Circuit today in US v. Dryden, No. 08-3310 (10th Cir. April 30, 2009) (available here), rejects a defendant's novel effort to get the benefit of the new retroactive crack guidelines...

Connecticut Attorney Advertising Rules
Connecticut attorneys need to be aware of major changes to practice rules effective July 1, 2007 regarding two important areas of practice: advertising and clients? funds accounts...

Will this post get me disbarred
The Florida Bar has a new attorney advertising rule that aggressively regulates attorney speech on the Internet. Florida Bar Rule 4-7.6 Indeed, the new rule regulates attorney speech so aggressively that it might even apply to this blog post...

UK advertising rules may change to close YouTube loophole - OUT-LAW.com
“Advertising claims made in videos on YouTube are subject to the same standards of truth and accuracy as ads that appear in traditional media, according to a US advertising watchdog...

Discouraging Union Organizers
Strict work place rules

Power of Attorney and Living Wills for the aged
Options for caring for aging parents

Estate Planning
Documents: durable power of attorney, living will, letter of instruction, and insurance trust

Grandparents Visitation Rights
Every state lets elderly grandparents petition to visit grandchildren

Living Wills and Powers of Attorney
Laws effecting the elderly

Lawyer Jokes
Law Humor

VA Sets New Benefit Rules for Agent Orange-Related Ilnesses
Agent Orange-Related Ilnesses VA Sets New Benefit Rules

Specialty Lamp International
Recalls Counterfeit Circuit Breakers

Whole Foods
And Other Firms Sued by California Attorney General,

State Farm
Settles with Mississippi Attorney General

Ticketmaster Entertainment
Settles with New Jersey Attorney General

Kimkins
alleging false advertising of online dieting.