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N.J. Supreme Court reverses reprimand and dismisses complaint against lawyer who posted allegedly confidential information on his website

By | Published July 20, 2016 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Confidentiality, Confidentiality and privilege, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer advertising, lawyer confidentiality, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer dismissal of Bar complaint, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer revealing client confidential information on internet, Lawyer websites | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent New Jersey Supreme Court opinion reversing a Disciplinary Review Board’s reprimand recommendation and dismissing a complaint against lawyer who was alleged to have posted client confidential information on his website.  The disciplinary case is In the Matter of Jay J. Chatarpaul, Read More

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Federal District Judge enjoins The Florida Bar from enforcing rule prohibiting truthful claims of expertise

By | Published October 2, 2015 | Posted in 2013 Florida comprehensive advertising rule revisions, Florida 2013 advertising rules federal lawsuit, Florida 2013 comprehensive lawyer advertising rules, Florida Lawyer advertising rules, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer advertising, Lawyer advertising specialties and certification, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer websites | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

    Hello and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the September 30, 2015 order and injunction issued by a U.S. Northern District of Florida Judge finding The Florida Bar’s rule prohibiting truthful claims of expertise without certification unconstitutional and enjoining their enforcement.  The injunction order is in the federal case of Searcy Read More

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Louisiana Supreme Court refuses to sanction a lawyer who claimed a non-existent specialization on a law firm website because of a lack of a “culpable state of mind”

By | Published September 29, 2014 | Posted in joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer advertising, Lawyer advertising Linkedin.com, Lawyer Advertising opinion, Lawyer discipline, Lawyer dismissal of Bar complaint, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer sanctions, Lawyer websites | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent Louisiana Supreme Court disciplinary case wherein the court refused to sanction a lawyer who claimed a non-existent specialization on his former law firm website because he did not have a “culpable state of mind” and the public was not harmed. The opinion Read More

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South Carolina Supreme Court prohibits another Florida lawyer from practicing law who solicited over the internet, made misrepresentations, and represented clients

By | Published August 18, 2014 | Posted in Attorney discipline, Attorney misrepresentation, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer advertising, Lawyer disbarment, Lawyer discipline, lawyer discipline for failure to respond to complaint, Lawyer disciplined in state where not admitted, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer false statements, Lawyer false statements in response to Bar complaint, Lawyer misrepresentation, Lawyer sanctions, Lawyer websites | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent opinion of the South Carolina Supreme Court which prohibited another Florida lawyer who was not admitted in that state from admission to practice for soliciting over the internet and representing clients, making false statements, and failing to respond to the allegations, Read More

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New Jersey Federal District Court states that lawyers may not post excerpts from judicial opinions complimenting the quality the lawyers’ work on their websites

By | Published November 14, 2013 | Posted in joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer advertising, Lawyer advertising judicial opinion excerpts on website, Lawyer Professionalism, Lawyer websites | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent opinion of a judge in the Federal District Court in New Jersey which upheld a New Jersey advertising Guideline which stated that a lawyer or law firm “may not include, on a website or other advertisement, a quotation or excerpt from Read More

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Florida Bar’s Standing Committee on Advertising issues proposed advisory opinion which cautions lawyers against using “hidden text” or another firm’s name in a website page “metatag”

By | Published April 8, 2013 | Posted in Florida Bar proposed advertising advisory opinion metatags and SEO, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer advertising, lawyer blogs, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer misrepresentation, Lawyer websites, Lawyer websites deceptive and misleading practices for SEO, Lawyer websites metatag, Lawyer websites search engine optimization | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent draft Proposed Advisory Opinion A-12-1 by the Bar’s Standing Committee on Advertising which cautions lawyers on certain search engine optimization (SEO) tactics for websites, including using “hidden text” and using another law firm’s name in a website page “metatag”.  The proposed Read More

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