Well, or maybe business/insurance interests, a coalition of which is calling on the Louisiana Bar to crack down on “misleading” lawyer ads.
Misleading lawyer ads? That sounds bad!
Except those complaining don’t offer any specifics, pivoting seamlessly from “misleading” to the volume of lawyer ads that reach Louisianans. I mean, sure – it’s obviously a bummer when you’re just trying to run a business and your customers are constantly being reminded that they have rights and remedies. But it’s safe to say that this particular issue has been decisively settled in favor of consumers getting more information about legal services.
In an effort to ramp up the pressure, the coalition is pressing a bill through the state legislature that would require the Louisiana Bar to re-evaluate its rules governing attorney advertising.
Hey, study and re-evaluation is always good. Here’s hoping that in so doing the Bar decides that its current rules – which include an advertising review process that is both unconstitutional and anti-competitive – need to actually be simplified in the name of greater flow of information about legal services.