Socially Awkward Law Blog – Social Media + The Regulation of Professional Speech

7 Years at Avvo

October 29, 2014

I just realized that today, October 29, is my 7-year anniversary at Avvo. It’s also fully a third of my career so far, and represents the longest time I’ve spent with a single employer.…
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Publicity Rights & Commercial Speech

October 24, 2014

Yes, I’m about to write about a case involving NFL Films, which has approximately nothing to do with lawyer advertising. But it’s a nice example of the relatively narrow parameters of the commercial speech doctrine.…
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Why Care About Attorney Advertising Rights?

October 21, 2014

I am occasionally asked why I spend so much time focused on the tension between lawyer advertising regulation and the free speech rights of attorneys. The perhaps-too-obvious answer is that my employer, Avvo, is built upon…
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Um, yeah . . . that’s not how you do it

October 15, 2014

So let’s say you’re a legal blogger. One day, when writing about developments at your local court, you get a little carried away. You suggest that the judges might be venal, corrupt, unscrupulous. You…
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Attorney Licensing and Restraint of Trade

October 13, 2014

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court hears oral argument in North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners v. Federal Trade Commission. It’s a case of not-inconsiderable interest to state attorney regulators, as the central issue is the…
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An Insult to Glaciers

October 6, 2014

I’ve been speaking and writing about the intersection of social media and the attorney advertising rules for over seven years now. I often speak in California, and years ago I seized upon something happening…
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7 Years at Avvo

Publicity Rights & Commercial Speech

Why Care About Attorney Advertising Rights?

Um, yeah . . . that’s not how you do it

Attorney Licensing and Restraint of Trade

An Insult to Glaciers