New York’s Attorney Advertising Rules Held Unconstitutional The Northern District of New York ruled July 23rd, 2007 that New York’s amended rules against attorney advertising are unconstitutional and permanently enjoined enforcement of most of the challenged provisions. The court agreed with Public Citizen’s argument that the state had not shown that the rules were necessary to help consumers and were not narrowly tailored to the state’s asserted purpose. In fact, the rules restricted truthful advertising that would benefit consumers.
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