The Kentucky Bar is advancing the unreasonable position that when a lawyer operates a weblog, every post he or she puts up counts as an advertisement for legal services. Ben Cowgill is at the center of the controversy, and on the case are David Giacalone, Eugene Volokh, Larry Ribstein, Evan Schaeffer and John Steele, among others. More: Stephen Bainbridge enters a partial dissent.
Every law-blog post an advertisement?
The Kentucky Bar is advancing the unreasonable position that when a lawyer operates a weblog, every post he or she puts up counts as an advertisement for legal services. Ben Cowgill is at the center of the controversy, and on the case are David Giacalone, Eugene Volokh, Larry Ribstein, Evan Schaeffer and John Steele, among […]
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Holy Blogging Lawyers, Batman.
Debate in Kentucky over whether when blogging, lawyers are advertising and should pay a $50 filing fee to register each post with the Kentucky Attorneys’ Advertising Commission.
Holy Blogging Lawyers, Batman.
Debate in Kentucky over whether when blogging, lawyers are advertising and should pay a $50 filing fee to register each post with the Kentucky Attorneys’ Advertising Commission.