How Will the New Health Care Legislation Affect You?
On March 23, 2010 President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (PPACA). Together with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act it represents the most significant government expansion and regulatory overhaul of the U.S healthcare system since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. Yet the controversy surrounding […]
Advertising Case: Bates v. State Bar of Arizona
In 1977 The United States Supreme Court ruled that lawyers could indeed advertise their services. The court ruled that lawyer advertisements were protected under the first amendment of the United States Constitution as commercial speech. William C. Canby, Jr. a professor of law at Arizona State University argued for the appellants Van O’Steen and John […]
Florida Bar Rule Changes That You Should Know
On November 9, 2009, the Florida Supreme Court ruled in Case No. SC08-1181 that law firm websites shall be subject to the Florida Bar advertising rules. Rule 4-7.6 regulates computer-accessed attorney advertising such as websites, electronic mail, and other forms of computer-accessed communications. Furthermore, social networking sites will be held to these same rules and […]