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State Bar & Bar Associations

Apr. 24, 2009

State Bar Warns Lawyers in Loan Work About False Ads

The State Bar has sent letters to attorneys doing loan modification work checking that lawyers aren't using advertising that preys on people facing foreclosures.

By Amy Yarbrough
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Concerned that homeowners caught up in the foreclosure crisis might be misled, the State Bar has sent letters to attorneys doing loan modification work asking about the kinds of advertising they're using.

Some consider the letters an unusually proactive step by the State Bar. The letters give attorneys 20 days to submit copies of all advertising - be it through radio, television, print or...

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