http://www.showmedaily.org/2008/11/the-choice-of-a-lawyer.html Advancing liberty with responsibility by promoting market solutions for Missouri public policy Tue, 22 May 2012 19:02:29 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.showmedaily.org/2008/11/the-choice-of-a-lawyer.html/comment-page-1#comment-1286 Jacob Voss Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:05:11 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=2045#comment-1286 You know, I really should have titled this post "The Last Refuge for the Persecuted Lawyer." You know, I really should have titled this post “The Last Refuge for the Persecuted Lawyer.”

]]> http://www.showmedaily.org/2008/11/the-choice-of-a-lawyer.html/comment-page-1#comment-1272 Dave Roland Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:43:12 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=2045#comment-1272 This is another one of those issues that gets me going. We have laws in place to deal with defamation, false advertising, and fraud, which are the sole legitimate reasons that people should be concerned about the substance of a company's advertising. But bar associations all across the nation want to safeguard the "dignity of the profession" by restricting what an attorney can call their firm and what symbols they can use to represent their firm--a couple of years ago a Florida attorney publicly reprimanded attorneys who used a pitbull in their logo and used the phone number 1-800-PIT-BULL. I know that some of these pro-regulation types are very sincere and well-intentioned, but those good intentions cannot justify interfering with someone else's livelihood, dangit!! This is another one of those issues that gets me going. We have laws in place to deal with defamation, false advertising, and fraud, which are the sole legitimate reasons that people should be concerned about the substance of a company’s advertising. But bar associations all across the nation want to safeguard the “dignity of the profession” by restricting what an attorney can call their firm and what symbols they can use to represent their firm–a couple of years ago a Florida attorney publicly reprimanded attorneys who used a pitbull in their logo and used the phone number 1-800-PIT-BULL. I know that some of these pro-regulation types are very sincere and well-intentioned, but those good intentions cannot justify interfering with someone else’s livelihood, dangit!!

]]> http://www.showmedaily.org/2008/11/the-choice-of-a-lawyer.html/comment-page-1#comment-1271 Jacob Voss Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:29:45 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=2045#comment-1271 That's Brown & Brown. Duh. That’s Brown & Brown. Duh.

]]> http://www.showmedaily.org/2008/11/the-choice-of-a-lawyer.html/comment-page-1#comment-1270 Pat Eckelkamp Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:27:54 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=2045#comment-1270 I don't know about you guys... but I definitely trust the guy with the eye patch. I don’t know about you guys… but I definitely trust the guy with the eye patch.

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