Author: Josh King
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Rent-Seeking Dentists, and “the Practice of Law”
Really interesting article in the Seattle Times this morning about how our state’s dentists have successfully (so far) blocked Washington residents from having access to dental therapists. These therapists (who are licensed in the states…
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“Docs and Glocks” Case Gets Messier
I’ve written before about Wollschlaeger v. Governor, the case dealing with Florida’s law preventing doctors from making certain inquiries of patients regarding firearms ownership. As I said at the last go-round, the 11th Circuit…
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What Speech Regulation Tells Us About Gun Regulation
This blog has always been about the uneasy intersection between the First Amendment and lawyer speech regulation. I write and speak about First Amendment stuff all the time; it’s integral to my work. So…
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Legal Forms & Legal Advice
I was speaking at an Evolve Law event in Los Angeles last week, and had a conversation with Derek Distenfield, who operates a business called NextGenJustice. I hadn’t heard of it, but that’s because…
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$5 Consults and the Unauthorized Practice of Law
Keith Lee has an excellent post breaking down the “legal consultations” offered through Fiverr, a website that offers all sorts of services, provided by marketplace sellers, for a flat five dollars apiece.[ref]I’ve actually used…
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“Tastefulness” Regulation by Proxy
Sometimes I feel like I pick on Florida, but the Sunshine State just continues to offer up an unending stream of lawyer advertising regulation problems. This week’s entrant? The Jacksonville firm of Johns & Von Roenn‘s…
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Free Advice Gets Big Win
John Rosemond is North Carolina-licensed psychologist who publishes a parenting column that runs in many newspapers nationwide. In the best tradition of “Dear Abby,” he answers specific inquiries from readers, offering up psychological advice…
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Federal Judge Frees Up Two More Words for Lawyer Marketing
FINALLY – a federal court has ruled on a particular bugaboo of mine: the completely-asinine restriction that many states have on lawyers using the verboten terms “expertise” and “specialty.” In finding that’s Florida’s rule…
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Climate Change Denial and Commercial Speech
So there’s this: U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, along with a bunch of concerned climate scientists, wants to pursue RICO charges against “corporations and other organizations that have knowingly deceived the American people about the risks…