December 16, 2014
A federal judge has overturned The Florida Bar's guidelines banning references to past results in state lawyers' television, radio and billboard advertisements, determining the ads are protected First Amendment speech and the bar failed to demonstrate that the rules advance a substantial governmental interest.
November 20, 2014
A federal judge on Thursday allowed a lawsuit mounting a First Amendment challenge to revised Florida Bar guidelines banning references to past results in state lawyers' television, radio and outdoor advertisements, saying that the plaintiffs have standing and the case is ripe for review.
March 03, 2014
A Florida attorney is challenging the Florida Bar's newly adopted rules that its board of governors is using to ban references to past results in state lawyers' television and radio advertisements, claiming in a Monday suit that they violate the First Amendment.