Lawyers in Florida can now advertise past results in their advertising. Florida ethics rules prohibited using past results in lawyer advertising for indoor and outdoor displays, television, and radio. However, a federal court held that the state ethics rules were unconstitutional and in violation of the First Amendment.
The rules weren’t just thrown out in an embarrassing and devastating blow to the Florida Bar. Larry Bodine wrote they were blasted out. This is a warning to every other state attempting to regulate lawyer advertising with many rules which often seem unconstitutional.