A Manhattan judge has ruled that a lawyer's faxed advisories about legal malpractice issues and cases are prohibited "unsolicited advertisements" because they indirectly highlight his availability to represent clients in such matters. Solo practitioner Andrew Lavoott Bluestone said the faxes contained no language touting him or his work and only contained his name, address, Web site and contact information. But Supreme Court Justice Jane S. Solomon said that was enough.
September 06, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A Manhattan judge has ruled that a lawyer’s faxed advisories about legal malpractice issues and cases are prohibited “unsolicited advertisements” because they indirectly highlight his availability to represent clients in such matters.
Until last year, Manhattan solo practitioner Andrew Lavoott Bluestone wrote an “Attorney Malpractice Report” that he sent unsolicited to several lawyers whose fax numbers were listed in the New York Lawyers’ Diary and Manual.
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