http://www.willhornsby.com/ en-us 2006-02-01T00:12:44-05:00 http://www.willhornsby.com/archives/ethics-opinions-new-jersey-disclaimer-could-be-big.html The New Jersey Supreme Court's Committee on Attorney Advertising has issued the latest in a string of ethics opinions imposing limitations on the use of the Internet for client development. Opinion 36, issued January 2, 2006, states that lawyers who... Ethics Opinions William Hornsby 2006-02-01T00:12:44-05:00 http://www.willhornsby.com/archives/news-the-strong-arm-gets-muscled.html The Colorado Supreme Court has rules that the Colorado Consumer Protection Act applies to lawyers and held that a law firm client who believes he was strong-armed into a low-ball settlement can sue under the law and seek triple damages... News William Hornsby 2006-01-31T00:42:55-05:00 http://www.willhornsby.com/archives/news-marketing-is-always-ahead-of-regulation-always.html According to an article in the Guardian, a UK group called Nationwide Accident Services, which specializes in personal injury actions, has developed a word-search puzzle for children. The game involves circling words in a box of jumbled letters. The puzzles... News William Hornsby 2006-01-30T23:41:22-05:00 http://www.willhornsby.com/archives/news-madd-is-mad-at-dui-defense-advertising.html According to the CBC, a Canadian chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Drivers is disturbed by the advertising of the Impaired Driving Office on behalf of criminal defense lawyers interested in impaired-driving cases. The ads appear on city buses in various... News William Hornsby 2006-01-30T23:39:39-05:00 http://www.willhornsby.com/archives/news-branding-or-name-blame.html Can a firm brand itself by using one name, when that name is shared with another firm? That's the issue reported in American Lawyer, as Foley & Lardner seeks to be known simply as "Foley" over the objection of Foley... News William Hornsby 2006-01-29T17:33:00-05:00 http://www.willhornsby.com/archives/news-a-lawyers-good-name-take-it-or-leave-it.html The Connecticut Law Tribune reports on a lawyer suing his former firm because the firm didn't remove his bio from the firm's web site. Robert P. Murphy filed against Del Sole and Del Sole after opening a new practice and... News William Hornsby 2006-01-29T17:30:36-05:00 http://www.willhornsby.com/archives/news-associations-weigh-in-on-policies.html Two vastly different professional associations are advancing policies on client development issues: The West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association and the Legal Marketing Association.... News William Hornsby 2005-12-15T20:38:10-05:00 http://www.willhornsby.com/archives/news-name-that-client.html Marketing, even the most traditional types, often includes reference to clients or case information. Listing "representative" clients in a directory like Martindale-Hubbell goes back to near the beginning of time. Clearly, web sites have expanded on this theme as firms... News William Hornsby 2005-12-15T20:35:35-05:00 http://www.willhornsby.com/archives/news-are-cute-puppies-okay.html There's a lot of reaction to the Supreme Court of Florida decision to sanction lawyers for their use of Pit Bulls in their advertisements, and it ranges from critical to scathing. That may be expected from lawyers, most of whom... News William Hornsby 2005-11-26T15:52:58-05:00 http://www.willhornsby.com/archives/news-florida-court-takes-a-bite-out-of-advertising.html Two Florida lawyers have received a public reprimand from the state's Supreme Court for branding themselves as the Pit Bull lawyers. They used the image of a pit bull as a logo and advertised the telephone number 1-800-Pit-Bull in their... News William Hornsby 2005-11-18T15:53:06-05:00 http://www.willhornsby.com/archives/news-new-york-state-bar-fights-lawyer-advertising-withadvertising.html The New York State Bar Association is waging a war against lawyer advertising by -- advertising. As part of a radio campaign to address law related issues, known as the "Beacon of Justice," the commercial begins by asking listners if... News William Hornsby 2005-11-16T00:27:50-05:00 http://www.willhornsby.com/archives/news-whats-a-blawgthink.html Being a newbie blogger, it was more than interesting to attend something called Blawgthink last week. A combination of structured presentations and extended interactive brainstorming, the event was put together by veteran bloggers Dennis Kennedy and Matt Homann... News William Hornsby 2005-11-16T00:02:40-05:00 http://www.willhornsby.com/archives/state-rules-utah-embraces-many-aba-changes.html Add Utah to the still short list of states that have embraced the ABA Model Rules that govern client development. The changes went into effect on November 1st. To see the changes, go here and scroll down to Rules 7.1... State Rules William Hornsby 2005-11-15T23:43:22-05:00 http://www.willhornsby.com/archives/news-have-an-opinion-about-lawyer-advertising-the-nevada-bar-wants-to-know.html Little did I realize there are all sorts of blogs about lawyer advertising. Here's a blog sponsored by the State Bar of Nevada that wants your opinion about it. Although some of the topics on the blog seem to have... News William Hornsby 2005-11-10T17:02:55-05:00 http://www.willhornsby.com/archives/links-legalethicscom.html http://www.legalethics.com Links William Hornsby 2005-11-10T16:06:18-05:00