Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Feb. 18, 2017
Beware potential perils of attorney blogs
An attorney's stand-alone blog covering nonlegal subjects won't trigger State Bar oversight — even if it includes a link to the attorney's professional website — unless it gives detailed information about the attorney and an offer of availability. By Perry L. Segal
Lawyers and firms who publish blogs need to know the current professional responsibility rules regarding this type of attorney communication. In law school, we were always taught about bright-line rules. In the real world, we still see plenty of lines that are bright, but in referring to the Rules of Professional Conduct (RPC) and the State Bar Act, not only may it be tricky to define the line, one might also find that they've al...
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