2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Issues Opinion on Attorney Advertising and Solicitation

by Traverse Legal, reviewed by Enrico Schaefer - March 15, 2010 - Law Firm Marketing

As reported by Debra Cassens Weiss in today's ABA Journal post entitled, "2nd Circuit: Ban on Law Firm Nicknames Violates First Amendent", the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected content-based restrictions on attorney advertising and held that the ban violated the First Amendment.  Read the court's opinion (PDF).

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