Author: Josh King
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Just Because You Did It . . .
So if I had to guess, this is probably exactly what the bar regulators had in mind back in the days before Bates v. Arizona, when they could still prohibit advertisements that “demean the…
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What Would A Meaningful Law License Look Like?
A couple of weeks ago, I asked the question of whether occupational licensing for lawyers really benefits consumers. While I’m convinced that the license requirement makes it likelier that people will get competent legal help, it also adds…
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WSBA Ethics Opinion on . . . Avvo
I missed this when writing about the Washington State Bar’s new ethics opinion regarding online lead generation, but the bar has also issued an opinion on attorneys participating in an unnamed service that sounds…
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Defining “Commercial Speech”
At last week’s annual meeting of the ABA Forum on Communications Law (in Scottsdale, which is an oh-so-lovely trade for Seattle in early February), there was a fascinating plenary session on something near and dear…
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WSBA Ethics Opinion re Online Lead Generation
The Washington State Bar (of which I am a member) has issued an ethics opinion finding that attorneys can, generally speaking, participate in online lead generation services. While it’s good to see the WSBA…
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End Occupational Licensing . . . For Lawyers Too?
This New York Times article starts out with some well-deserved gushing over how Uber has disrupted the incumbent taxicab industry, but goes on to note the increasing skepticism over occupational licensing in general. The…
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California to Issue Ethics Opinion on Lawyer Blogging
**Updated 2/24/16: The Bar has issued its proposed opinion, which addresses most – but not all – of the concerns I’ve identified below.** The California State Bar is seeking comment on a proposed ethics…
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Time to Gut the Ad Rules
Avvo recently submitted its comments to the ABA’s “Future of Legal Services” Commission, and I wanted to highlight one of the specific suggestions we made: Get rid of most attorney advertising regulation. Or more specifically,…
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“He Who Shall Not Be Named”
If you follow local and statewide policy-making, you’ll find no shortage of nuttiness. The bar for holding many positions of public trust is quite low, and there’s no particular guarantee that those holding elected positions…
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Birth of a Solo Practice
I really hope Leo Mulvihill goes on to have a phenomenally successful career, because the kickoff of his solo practice would make an awesome origin tale for a future lion-of-the-Philadelphia-bar Leo to relate to…