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Lawyer Ads in Cyberspace

By Shari Claire Lewis
April 27, 2007

Nearly 30 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Bates v. State Bar of Arizona (433 U.S. 350 (1977; available at www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0433_0350_ZS.html), holding that 'blanket suppression' of attorney advertisements was an unconstitutional interference with First Amendment rights. However, the Court also recognized that some regulation of attorney advertising was necessary to protect consumers who lacked legal sophistication.

Thus, the Court ruled that statements in lawyer ads that might pass muster in other industries could be misleading and were subject to reasonable regulation as to time, place and manner.

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