On November 13, 2023, the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Louisiana State Bar Association’s “mandatory membership and dues are . . . unconstitutional” because they …
You’ve been busy focusing on what matters most. We have been handling the rest. Here is a summary of some of the more interesting or frequently asked questions we received …
On May 24, 2022, a New York federal district court issued a preliminary injunction banning the Attorney General from enforcing the unauthorized practice of law rules against non-lawyers who seek …
On April 14, 2022, the Ohio Supreme Court suspended a lawyer for six-months, entirely deferred, for publicly criticizing a judge after consuming alcohol at a bar association event: Bahan and …
On March 14, 2022, Louisiana State Senator Barrow Peacock introduced SB 378 into the Louisiana Senate. The bill seeks to prevent all misleading or deceptive advertisements, including those that: (1) …
On September 14, 2021, the Louisiana Supreme Court enacted a new section 6 to Louisiana Supreme Court Rule XVIII (“Roll of Attorneys.”) See La.S.Ct.R. XVIII, § 6. The new Section …
I am a New Orleans law professor, lawyer, and card-carrying member of the Louisiana State Bar Association. For more than 30 years, I have enthusiastically volunteered hundreds of hours working …
By Jacob Huebert, James Baehr, and Dane S. Ciolino The First Amendment guarantees every American’s freedom of speech and freedom of association. That means we all get to choose what …
Yet another federal court has struck down a ban on advertisements containing information about “past results.” See Rubenstein v. The Fla. Bar, No. 14-CIV-20786-BLOOM/VALLE (S.D. Fla. Dec. 8, 2014). The Florida rules …
A New Jersey disciplinary rule that prohibits a lawyer from excerpting a court opinion discussing the lawyer’s legal abilities is unconstitutional, says the United States Court of Appeals for the …
