New rules aimed at preventing lawyers from disseminating misleading ads

Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012 | 2:56 p.m.

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Supreme Court has adopted new rules of professional conduct in an effort to prevent lawyers from putting out misleading advertisements to attract clients. Under the new rules, actors in television ads must be identified, and when attorneys boast of obtaining cash judgements or settlements, they must disclose what the client actually received, minus lawyer and court fees. The attorney or law firm behind ads also must include a statement that “past results do not guarantee, warrant or predict future cases.” The rules are among those that go into effect in December. The State Bar of ...

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