Groupon and similar deal-of-the-day websites: is their use ethical for a lawyer? It seems so, according to a recent opinion of the Ethics Advisory Committee, but are the risks worth its while? Groupon is an online company that offers daily deals at local businesses. You can get discounts on manicure service, drinks, local restaurants . […]
Committee on Professional Ethics Which are the rules for a discounted legal service offer? Topic: Marketing of legal services by use of a “deal of the day” or “group coupon” website Digest of the Committee: “Lawyer may market legal services on a ‘deal of the day’ or ‘group coupon’ website provided that the advertising is not misleading […]
Committee on Professional Ethics Topic: Links on a Lawyer’s Web site to Other Businesses Digest of the Committee: A lawyer may include links to other businesses on the lawyer’s web site provided neither the link nor the linked material involves misrepresentation or causes confusion. Rules: New York Rules of Professional Conduct 5.8(a), 7.1, 8.4 The full […]
Committee on Professional Ethics Topic: Attorney Advertisement; Solicitation of Clients; Profit Sharing Digest of the Committee: A lawyer or law firm may have a non-lawyer marketer who engages in only that advertising and solicitation in which the lawyer or law firm could engage. The lawyer or law firm may have a profit-sharing plan that pays […]
Committee on Professional Ethics Topic: Attorney Advertisement; Fictitious Law Firm Digest of the Committee: An attorney advertisement may include the portrayal of a fictitious law firm so long as it is not misleading as to the association of lawyers in the advertiser’s firm. New York Rules of Professional Conduct 7.1(c) The full text is available at […]
Topic: Lawyers’ Use of Deal-of-the-Day or Group Coupon Marketing Programs Digest of the Committee: Opinion rules that a lawyer may advertise on a website that offers daily discounts to consumers where the website company’s compensation is a percentage of the amount paid to the lawyer if certain disclosures are made and certain conditions are satisfied. […]
Committee on Professional Ethics Topic: Permissible Information on a Law Firm Website Digest of the Committee: A lawyer may accurately list, on his firm’s web site, his former positions in other firms. The web site may also accurately quote bona fide professional ratings or comments from any ratings publication if the ratings or comments are factually […]
Florida Bar Standing Committee on Advertising Topic: Attorney Advertising through Chat Rooms Digest of the Committee: An attorney may not solicit prospective clients through Internet chat rooms, defined as real time communications between computer users. Lawyers may respond to specific questions posed to them in chat rooms. Lawyers should be cautious not to inadvertently form […]
South Carolina Supreme Court broadens but also restricts lawyers’ advertisement. By order of August 22, 2011, the SC Supreme Court amended the South Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct and Rule 407 of the South Carolina Appellate Court Rules (SCACR). Declining to adopt the majority of the changes proposed by the South Carolina Bar’s Commission on […]
Topic: Use of Live Chat Support Service on Law Firm Website From the Opinion “Opinion provides guidelines for the use of live chat support services on law firm websites”. The full text can be found at: http://www.ncbar…