Attorney advertising will receive increased scrutiny as a result of newly adopted rules. | Hecker Law Firm / Facebook
The Louisiana Supreme Court has adopted new rules on attorney advertising in an attempt to make such commercial messaging more transparent and to root out false or misleading ads.
Chief Justice John Weimer made the announcement about the court’s adoption of the new rules earlier this month in response to recommendations from the Louisiana State Bar Association’s Rules of Professional Conduct Committee. The rules will result in the bar putting in place a database of such attorney ads and unsolicited written communications that will be accessible to the public and searchable.