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Florida Proposes Changes to Private Attorney Referral Service Rules

November 18, 2011 by Steve Rhode

A new bill in Florida would force some changes on the attorney referral services that are popping up. The bill applies to both legal and medical services. Private lawyer and legal medical referral services would have to disclose financial ties to clinics and law firms to which they refer callers. The bill states: • A …

Debt Settlement Attorney Referral Services Draw the Unwanted Attention of the Florida Bar

March 31, 2011 by Steve Rhode

The Florida Bar has launched a new investigation into for-profit lawyer referral services. The committee studying this was informed that the Attorney General’s Economic Crimes Office is investigating several lawyer referral services, both those registered and not registered with the Bar. Some of the services do “cold call” or direct solicitation, which is prohibited in …