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The Florida Bar, United States District Court Judge Beth Bloom of the Southern District of Florida ruled last week that it is unconstitutional for the Florida Bar to prevent a lawyer from using past results in advertising their services, saying that the Bar had the burden of establishing that the ban on the use of past results in attorney advertising supports the interests the Rules were designed to promote, and that they… [read post]
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Monday unanimously ruled in favor of a preliminary injunction against a Florida law regulating how social media companies moderate content on their platforms. [read post]
21 Jan 2016, 8:04 am by Legal Profession Prof
The Florida Supreme Court has adopted new provisions that create a specialization in condominium law Having considered the Bar’s petition, we adopt these straightforward amendments to the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar as proposed by the Bar. [read post]
31 Aug 2023, 9:49 am by Legal Profession Prof
The Florida Supreme Court has amended its rules regulating the Bar to add the sentence highlighted below (1) Great Public Harm. [read post]
26 Oct 2006, 2:46 am
When the Florida Supreme Court issued this amendment to the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar, allowing medical malpractice plaintiffs to waive their new constitutional right to keep certain percentages of their recoveries, the court offered a brief discussion on waiving rights before announcing it would not, at that time, determine the validity of the waiver mechanism the court approved: Numerous instances of judicial recognition of the… [read post]
14 Jul 2010, 7:50 am by Stephen Fairley
  Many Florida attorneys think that these latest rules proposed by the Florida Bar are a violation of their First Amendment right to free speech. [read post]
27 Jun 2011, 8:41 am
King say the Florida Bar's changes to attorney advertising rules continue to be hyper-technical and difficult for both attorneys and the Bar to enforce.The Florida Bar has proposed wholesale changes to Florida's attorney advertising rules — changes designed to comply with Constitutional limits on the Bar's ability to regulate attorney speech.Regulating attorney speech in lieu of standing up… [read post]
21 May 2015, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
The Speech Clause Juggernaut May Be Losing Steam The (unsuccessful) challenge to the Florida law was brought under the First Amendment; the defendant in Williams-Yulee argued that Florida’s ban on personal solicitation was a regulation that singled out certain speech—a personal request for money—because of its content, in violation of free speech principles. [read post]
12 Mar 2021, 8:42 am by Corbin Barthold, Berin Szóka
The First Amendment rules that protect newspapers and parade organizers also protect digital media. [read post]
26 Feb 2024, 4:46 pm by Amy Howe
  The post Supreme Court skeptical of Texas, Florida regulation of social media moderation appeared first on SCOTUSblog. [read post]
4 Mar 2013, 3:26 am by John Steele
Abstract: Among state bars, the Florida Bar has been a pioneer in regulating attorney advertising, especially with respect to new technology. [read post]
The court heard arguments concerning a Florida case and a Texas case, in which the state laws banned social media platforms from barring content, specifically conservative content, from using their sites. [read post]
8 Aug 2018, 8:16 am by Eric Goldman
Tarbert, We write about proposed amendments to Rule 4-7.13 of the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar, relating to online keyword advertising by attorneys. [read post]
21 Aug 2022, 7:40 am by Ilya Somin
[The court ruled - correctly - that the law violates the First Amendment.] [read post]