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New Florida legal ethics rules have little effect on law blogs

By Kevin

The Florida Supreme Court has amended the rules governing lawyer and law firm websites effective January 1, 2010. Do the rules effect law blogs? Not much. Until now, Florida considered websites "information upon request" and therefore exempt from Florida lawyer advertising rules. The Court has amended Florida Rule 4-7.6 (Computer-Accessed Communications) to make lawyer websites subject to Florida's substantive lawyer advertising rules. The one exception being that websites will not be required to be filed with the Bar for review. The result is that websites may no longer include: References to past results or successes.Testimonials.Statements characterizing the quality of a lawyer's services (laudatory statements). Are blogs considered websites under Florida legal ethics rules? Good question...continue to full post

Full post as published by Real Lawyers : Have Blogs on December 28, 2009 (boomark / email).