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Florida’s Misguided Attempt to Modify its Lawyer Referral Service Rules
Last Friday, Avvo submitted comments to the Florida Supreme Court in response to the Florida Bar’s proposed changes to the state’s Lawyer Referral Service Rules. You can read our submission here, but here’s the backstory…
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California Issues Broad Opinion on Lawyer Confidentiality
As someone who has been hiring lawyers for over 20 years, I love the idea of lawyerly confidentiality. I don’t want my lawyers talking about my cases unless they’ve got my permission to do…
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On Information Bubbles
I went to college, in the 1980’s, at the University of Oregon. The campus stood out, even among generally-left-wing institutions of higher learning, as a very, very liberal place. And unsurprisingly, I held a…
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What the Bars Need
No, not more liquor – though that might help, too. I’ve been talking with quite a few state bar leaders recently, and there’s a lot of angst out there: concern about the growing inability of…
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FTC Comment on North Carolina’s “LegalZoom Law”
In June of 2016, the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice sent a detailed letter in response to an inquiry from North Carolina Senator Bill Cook. The subject? The impending enactment of…
