TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Berkley Schwarz on Oct 27, 2020

The TBA filed a petition with the Tennessee Supreme Court today requesting modification to S. Ct. Rule 8 and Rules of Professional Conduct 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5 and 7.6, which address advertising of services. The petition was drafted by the TBA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility and proposes two changes: (1) culling down restrictions on lawyer advertising to the core requirement that lawyers not make false or misleading statements about themselves or their services, and (2) removing restrictions on communications by lawyers when communications are not likely to cause consumer harm.