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Committee on Professional Ethics Topic: Offering a Prize to Join Attorney’s Social Networking Sites Digest of the Committee: The Rules of Professional Conduct do not prohibit an attorney from offering a prize to join the attorney’s social network as long as the prize offer is not illegal, but if the primary purpose of the prize […]

Lawyers Cannot Misrepresent Their Amount of Experience, Kinds of Expertise, Availability of Locations and the Like in Their Websites, Even if the Website is Up Only for a Short Time On May 9, 2011, the South Carolina Supreme Court issued a decision in which it publicly reprimanded a lawyer, imposing a fine of $1,000, and […]

Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee Topic: Lawyers’ Use of Television Advertising Program When the activities of a company that produced television commercial for attorneys operate under certain requirements described in the relevant opinion (such as for example monthly flat fee, no matching services, callers do not pay the company, etc.) they “do not […]

[WARNING – CPR Opinion-provides advice under the Ohio Code of Professional Responsibility which is superseded by the Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct, eff. 2/1/2007.] Topic: Unsolicited E-mail to Advertise Legal Services Syllabus of the Board: Until ethical rules, specifically addressing unsolicited e-mail advertising of legal services, are set forth in the Ohio Code of Professional […]

Topic: Attorneys’ Website From the Opinion: “Communications concerning an attorney’s service on a web site are advertising. As such, these communications are subject to HRPC 7.1 (communication cannot be false or misleading), HRPC 7.2 (advertising), HRPC 7.4 (communication of field of practive and certification), and HRPC 7.5 (firm names and letterheads).” Rules: 7.1; 7.2; 7.4; […]

[WARNING – CPR Opinion-provides advice under the Ohio Code of Professional Responsibility which is superseded by the Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct, eff. 2/1/2007.] Topic: Attorney’s or Law Firm’s Participation in a Law-Related Commercial Web Site Syllabus of the Board: When an attorney is contacted by a law-related commercial Web site company that offers to […]

Committee on Professional Ethics – Opinion No. 709 Topic: Use of Internet to advertise and to conduct law practice focusing on trademarks; use of Internet e-mail; use of trade names Digest of the Committee: “Attorney may operate and advertise a trademark practice over the Internet, as long as attorney complies with (a) the Code’s obligations to […]

Committee on Professional Responsibility of the Vermont Bar Association Topic: Communications with clients by unencrypted e-mail; Webpage advertisement and soliciting Digest of the Committee: “A lawyer does not violate DR 4-101 by communicating with a client by e-mail, including the Internet, without encryption. The use of an Internet web site to communicate with clients and prospective […]