In 2018, the American Bar Association (ABA) finally updated its Model Rules for Professional Responsibility regarding attorney advertising. There was no immediate impact: Until states… Read More »New Model Rule 7 Slowly Gains a Following
For being professional legal bloggers, we sure seem to talk an awful lot about images. It should come as no surprise, though, considering how important… Read More »A Hidden Danger in Legal Blogging: Trademarks in Images
In our last couple of blog posts, we dealt with the new attorney advertising rules from the American Bar Association (ABA), and then delved into… Read More »Claims of Specialty in the ABA’s New Model Rule 7
In our last blog post, we mentioned how the American Bar Association (ABA) revised its rules on attorney advertising. The revision of the ABA’s Model… Read More »New Model Rule 7 and Its Impact on Legal Blogging
Attorney advertising is regulated by your state’s bar association and its Rules of Professional Conduct. Most of the states in the U.S. base their rules… Read More »ABA Revises Model Rules on Attorney Advertising
Law firms with even a basic social media presence know that using animated GIFs is a great way to attract attention. The moving picture draws… Read More »Legal Issues With Using GIFs in Legal Blog Posts and Social Media
There are numerous legal issues that make legal blogging a minefield. From trademark law to copyright law to your state’s ethical rules, it can be… Read More »Libel, Couching Language, and Legal Blogging
This is the fourth installment in a series of posts by Myers Freelance about the movement against ghostwritten legal blogs. Earlier posts in this series… Read More »The War Against Legal Blogging: Popular Opinion
This is the third installment in a series of blog posts by Myers Freelance about the movement against legal blogging, particularly the practice of ghostwriting.… Read More »The War Against Legal Blogging: Rule 8.4(c)
This is the second installment in our investigation into legal blogging, and the claims that ghostwriting them is somehow uncouth. You can see our overview of… Read More »The War Against Legal Blogging: Author Bylines and Rule 7.1
There are a lot of wars going in the world, right now. There’s the war in Syria. There’s the conflict between Democrats and Republicans that… Read More »The War Against Legal Blogging: An Overview
When it comes to legal blogging, there are numerous pitfalls and minefields that attract the unwary and inexperienced. Stumbling into one of them can not… Read More »Image Licenses You Need to Know for Your Legal Blog