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Law Practice

Dec. 15, 2010

Law Firm Can Keep Superhero Ads

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review a ruling allowing a New York firm to advertise its lawyers as superheroes.


By Robert Iafolla


Daily Journal Staff Writer


WASHINGTON - Lawyers from one New York personal injury firm have appeared on television consulting with space aliens about insurance claims, towering over buildings like giants, commanding a convocation of canines, and vanquishing a fire-breathing robot with a bolt of lightning.


The firm, Alexander & Catalano, also triumphed over a state court rule that would restrict how bizarre, hyperbolic, or...

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