A number of law bloggers are up in arms over the recent New York State Bar regulations governing attorney advertising. As mentioned in the Judged Law Firm News (http://www.judged.com/jdweeklylinks.php), the measures were meant to better protect the public. Some are saying the restrictions don’t help anybody.



Between Lawyers (http://betweenlawyers.corante.com/) takes dead aim at the judges and attorneys who worked so hard to pass the new amendments. According to Between Lawyers, the regulations limit all attorney advertising to the point that an ad from a lawyer could never effectively bring in new business. They also see the restrictions on Internet commerce as retrogressive.





Kevin O’Keefe of LexBlog (http://kevin.lexblog.com/) sees the amendments as a death knell for the legal profession. He finds the limitations, including regulations on font sizes in printed ads, completely foolish.