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Those grainy explosions and cars hurtling through the air look awfully familiar, as if they’ve appeared in other law firms’ footage. At any rate, this Berger & Green ad from Pittsburgh is getting attention via a link on BoingBoing.

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Whether or not these are the very creepiest, Cracked has found some instances where law firms might want to rethink the artwork or slogans on their sites. Not included, mercifully, is the Texas law firm that yanked several tasteless stock photos from its website last year after setting off a blogosphere furor.

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In its advertising column. Overlawyered had it last week.

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Actual funny lawyer TV ad

by Walter Olson on January 15, 2010

Via Scott Greenfield, from the New York firm of Trolman, Glaser & Lichtman:

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A “celebrity attorney” is offering a gig on L.A. Craigslist [Virginia Postrel]

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December 21 roundup

by Walter Olson on December 21, 2009

  • “CBO Stands By Its Report: Tort Reform Would Save Billions” [ShopFloor; our weekend post on what actually wound up in Reid bill]
  • “Indianapolis Tacks on Steep Fines for Challenging Traffic Tickets” [Balko]
  • “Fugitive Located Inside Homeland Security Dept. Office” [Lowering the Bar]
  • Assumption of risk? New York courts field legal complaints over mosh dance injuries [Hochfelder]
  • Company claiming patent on Ajax web technique is suing lots of defendants [W3C, ImVivo via @petewarden]
  • Why Arizona voters still back Sheriff Joe [Conor Friedersdorf/Daily Dish, von Spakovsky/NRO (deploring "persecution" of Arpaio), Greenfield]
  • “Are Breast Implants and Donated Organs Marital Assets?” [Carton, Legal Blog Watch]
  • “Disbarment Looms for First Attorney Convicted Under N.J. Anti-Runner Law” [NJLJ]

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No word about reconciliation coupons, though, in this promotion by a London law firm. [Ananova, The Lawyer]

December 11 roundup

by Walter Olson on December 11, 2009

  • Key Obama regulatory appointees at NHTSA (auto safety) and FTC [commerce, antitrust] used to work for AAJ, the trial lawyers’ lobby [Wood, PoL]
  • “Adventures in Lawyer Advertising: Muscle, Talent, Results, and Terrible Acting” [Above the Law]
  • Why so many great folk musicians are barred from U.S. tours [Jesse Walker/Reason, WSJ Law Blog]
  • Folks behind venerable Martindale-Hubbell lawyer directory wouldn’t stoop to comment spam, or would they? [Turkewitz and more; related Popehat, Bennett]
  • Palestinian sues Baron Cohen, Letterman, others over “Bruno” portrayal [AP/Baltimore Sun]
  • A Rhode Island hospital settles a med mal case [White Coat]
  • For a “cockeyed caravan” of law stories, follow a certain site (thanks!) [Arthur Charity, NJEsq.net, alas it seems a short-lived venture]
  • Santa’s got a sleighful of health and safety problems [Bella English, Boston Globe]

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The Yelp! website is better known for restaurant and hotel reviews, but is branching into reviews of attorneys, which generates from me a reaction mirroring the site’s exclamation point. Facebook friend M.F.B. found one that was tellingly revealing, and can be paraphrased as “I was guilty as Tiger Woods in a Las Vegas cocktail lounge, but ‘[t]hanks to Mr. _____ I have my license back and was not found guilty for a DUI.’”

December 1 roundup

by Walter Olson on December 1, 2009

  • Hertz drops libel lawsuit against investor research outfit that claimed its solvency was at risk [Crain's New York, earlier]
  • Report: New Jersey blogger jailed for threats against federal judges was on FBI informant payroll [AP]
  • “Bentley Photos Are Props in Willie Gary’s High School Motivational Speech” [ABA Journal]
  • Australian personal injury lawyers evade ad ban [Sydney Morning Herald]
  • Scott Rothstein’s alleged Ponzi scheme “targeted people who invested in law suits” [Steele/Legal Ethics Forum] “Two Inside Looks at Rothstein’s Firm, Lifestyle” [Ambrogi/Legal Blog Watch]
  • O’Quinn driving nearly twice speed limit on rainy pavement at time of crash [Chron]
  • “Support for UN religious defamation rule drops” [Media Watch Watch] On the other hand? “Envoy’s Speech Signals Softening of U.S. Hostility to International Court” [AP]
  • Rudely titled new book on how to avoid getting sued [Instapundit]

New at Point of Law

by Walter Olson on November 30, 2009

Stories you may be missing if you’re not following our sister site:

One way is to leave onlookers reeling at your ads’ tastelessness, as happened with one Texas criminal defense law firm. [Above the Law, A Public Defender, Mark Bennett, Scott Greenfield] Update: followup at Above the Law.

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A Texas DWI lawyer speaks incautiously to the press, and fun ensues [Houston Press, Above the Law, Defending People and more]

A neon-look lighted vehicle wrap, more than 275 domain names and a paid person “ready to chat with any visitor to his Web sites” day or night are all part of the Florida DUI specialist’s marketing effort: “This is the way of the future,” he says. [Herald-Tribune via ABA Journal]

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Erin Brockovich in Florida

by Walter Olson on October 22, 2009

An editorial in the Palm Beach Post advises reader caution about the glamorous tort-chaser’s efforts to drum up clients for Weitz & Luxenberg and Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley based on allegations of a cancer cluster with a claimed link to radioactive drinking water:

The lawyers discussed water samples from 10 homes of cancer patients that showed at least trace amounts of radium, a naturally occurring metal. Those studies, however, echoed Florida Department of Environmental Protection results from 50 randomly selected homes. …

…one resident concluded on a Web site after the meeting: “Last night, we were validated.” Amid the personal appeals came the business pitch. Attorney Jack Scarola explained the contingency contract, which means that clients would pay nothing, even if they lost. He urged residents to take their time reading the contract because if “you inform yourselves well, you will find it’s in your best interest to sign with us.”

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Per its critics, at least, who include a vice president of the Florida bar association [South Florida Sun-Sentinel]. More: AP.

September 21 roundup

by Walter Olson on September 21, 2009

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September 15 roundup

by Walter Olson on September 15, 2009

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