Author: Josh King
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7 Years at Avvo
I just realized that today, October 29, is my 7-year anniversary at Avvo. It’s also fully a third of my career so far, and represents the longest time I’ve spent with a single employer.…
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Publicity Rights & Commercial Speech
Yes, I’m about to write about a case involving NFL Films, which has approximately nothing to do with lawyer advertising. But it’s a nice example of the relatively narrow parameters of the commercial speech doctrine.…
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Why Care About Attorney Advertising Rights?
I am occasionally asked why I spend so much time focused on the tension between lawyer advertising regulation and the free speech rights of attorneys. The perhaps-too-obvious answer is that my employer, Avvo, is built upon…
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Naughty Words Attorneys Can’t Use
Attorney ethics rules offer some great examples of the problems inherent in the mechanistic application of the law. Sometimes, it’s a matter of a well-founded rules being applied to circumstances where technology has gutted…
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Publicity Rights vs. Media Law
I’m going to expand on a theme that recurs in my world with depressing frequency: the idea held by many (including many lawyers, who should know better), that the “for profit” nature of a…
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3rd Circuit Smacks NJ on Compelled Speech
Another day, another compelled speech case – this one involving lawyer advertising. I’ve discussed the Dwyer case before. Dwyer sued to challenge a New Jersey advertising guideline preventing lawyers from using words of praise…