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Florida Supreme Court grants Florida Bar's motion for extension of time to respond to comments filed in website rules case. [Added 7/24/10] The Florida Supreme Court has granted the Florida Bar's motion for extension of time to file its response to comments that several interested bar members have filed regarding the Bar’s pending petition to further amend the website rule. The Court previously amended the website rule to specify that all of the lawyer advertising rules (except the filing requirement) will apply to websites. The Court has stayed implementation of that rule until 90 days after it hands down a decision on the Bar’s latest proposed rule change, which, if approved, will spell out procedures that a lawyer or law firm could use to turn a website (or a portion of it) into information “requested” by the viewer. The "requested" information would be exempt from the advertising rules, thus allowing inclusion of things like testimonials, statements characterizing the quality of services, and listings of past results. The Bar has until September 7, 2010, to file its response. As a practical matter, this extension means that any final action by the Florida Supreme Court on the website rule likely will not take effect before the end of this year. Follow the progress of this matter on sunEthics.com. |
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