PRIOR TO 1977, LAWYERS IN CALIFORNIA WERE NOT ALLOWED TO ADVERTISE UNDER THE STATE BAR CODE OF ETHICS – Perhaps it is out of control now.
July 14, 2024 | Amy Caldwell | Opinion, Social
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned restrictions on legal advertising in the United States in the 1977 case Bates v. State Bar of Arizona which allowed Jacoby & Meyers to place their first print ad in the Los Angeles Times the following day and aired their first television commercials within days, making it the first U.S. law firm to advertise on television.[3][1] There were many […]