Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Jan. 10, 2015
New State Bar opinion examines ethics of attorney blogs
The proposed opinion, the first in the nation on the topic, concludes blogs by lawyers fall under advertising rules if they express the lawyers' "availability for professional employment."
Daily Journal Staff Writer
If a criminal defense lawyer regularly writes posts on his blog claiming he's won his last 50 trials, is that advertising subject to attorney ethics rules? What about a lawyer whose blog on jazz has a simple link to his firm's website?
In what appears to be the first ethics opinion on attorney blogging from any bar group, the State Bar committee on professional conduct has proposed answ...
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