Archive for the 'Legal Advertising' Category

Why You Can’t Trust Your Insurance Company

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Insurance companies are some of the most unscrupulous and unethical corporations in existence. I just learned of two stories presented before recent Congressional hearings on healthcare reform that are representative of the intolerable behavior insurance companies regularly engage in.
Rescission is the term health insurance companies use for their practice of dropping you after you’ve encountered [...]

Florida Bar Backs Off Absurd Advertising Rule

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

The Florida Bar is known as perhaps the most aggressive and strict bar association in the country in regards to lawyer advertising. Florida lawyers have sued the Bar several times for violating their First Amendment free speech rights.
In a welcome turn, the Bar has backed off of one of its numerous absurd advertising rules. Lawyers [...]

I Am Not Legally Allowed To Say I Am the Best Lawyer in Florida

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

No doubt you’ve noticed the title of my blog. It’s true. I am not legally allowed to claim I am the best lawyer in Florida. The body that governs attorney conduct and advertising, the Florida Bar Association, forbids lawyers from characterizing the quality of our services. We cannot say we are experts, that we provide [...]