A pox on our house; televised lawyer advertising compromises the profession
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Televised lawyer advertising demeans the lawyer's craft and augments public disrespect for lawyers. Lawyer advertising is here to stay, but greater self-policing is needed. The supreme court of attorney-advertiser's state or a court-designated body should screen all advertising, which should be standardized in style, format, length and content. Only core information should be allowed and actors and 're-creations' should be forbidden. Unregulated lawyer advertising targets the most vulnerable parts of society and must stop;.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1993
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Learning curve: lawyers must confront impact of changes on litigation strategies
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Changes in state and federal tort laws will require yet more revision in the tactics trial lawyers use, a process that most have endured off and on for the past 20 years. Many of these lawyers say the proposed tort reforms could lead to more, not fewer, trials, in part because they reduce the incentive to settle beforehand. Past reforms have changed the sorts of claims brought, leading to more class actions and making economic damages more important. Changes to joint-and-several liability can simplify defense strategies.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1995
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Ad controversy erupts; newspaper appeals seeking burger bacteria victims decried
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Washington lawyers are debating the propriety of attorney advertising targeted at victims of the E. coli bacteria incidents at Jack in the Box fast food restaurants. Lawyers against the two advertisements do not claim they were fraudulent or unethical, but simply that they appeared so soon after the E. coli incident that they were in poor taste. Lawyers in favor of the advertisements assert their free speech rights and the E. coli victims' need for information.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1993
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