{"id":3832,"date":"2005-05-09T20:13:03","date_gmt":"2005-05-10T00:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/05\/09\/born-there-darn-that\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:44","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:44","slug":"born-there-darn-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/05\/09\/born-there-darn-that\/","title":{"rendered":"born there, darn that"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I hope your Mother’s Day was as sunny, warm and fuzzy as mine, which <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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included a rare joint appearance in the city of my birth, by all three of <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Mama G<\/FONT><\/A>‘s <\/FONT>offspring<\/FONT><\/A><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>, and <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT>half of her grandchildren.<\/FONT>  <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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mother dog
testing the depth…
snow-melt river<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT>       <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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     <\/FONT>ISSA<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A>, <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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    translated by <\/FONT>D. G. Lanoue<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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\"napper To my amazement, I spent an entire weekend without thinking or talking <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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about anti-consumer bar association chicanery — until<\/EM> I noticed a tiny blurb in <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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the Rochester, <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT>NY, paper this morning.  It said the Monroe County Bar Ass’n<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/A> <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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was releasing <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT>new “advertising guidelines” today that would help maintain the <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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image of the <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT>profession, and would also start a campaign to educate the public <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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on how to choose a lawyer<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT>.   My trustbuster genes were immediately activated, <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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but I had to ignore than until returning home this afternoon.  I have now located <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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the new <\/FONT>Guidelines for Lawyer Advertising<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A>, and accompanying <\/FONT>Press Release<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A> <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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(May 9, 2005).  (see the NYS Code of Lawyer Ethics, <\/FONT>DR 2-101<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A>).<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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My rusty-but-trusty antitrust opinion:  MCBA, which is a voluntary bar group,  <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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whose conduct is considered to be “joint” or “concerted” activity under antitrust <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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law, is running the <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT>risk of violating those laws with subjective and overly-restrictive <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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guidelines, <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT>especially <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT>by linking them to a compliance-and-monitoring <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT>system. . . . <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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— read the rest of the lawyer ad story <\/STRONG><\/EM>here<\/STRONG><\/EM><\/A> — <\/STRONG><\/EM><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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by Tom Painting (an amazingly easy task)) So, here we go:<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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the novice<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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botches a death scene<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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the gardener’s sleeves<\/FONT><\/EM><\/DIV>
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rolled to the elbow<\/FONT><\/EM><\/DIV>
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spring equinox<\/FONT><\/EM><\/DIV>
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dry heat <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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a hawk corkscrews<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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credits: “gardener’s sleeves”: <\/FONT><\/EM>frogpond<\/EM><\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/A>  XXIV:2; <\/FONT><\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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“dry heat” from  from <\/FONT><\/EM>Walking the Same Path<\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A>; <\/FONT>Heron’s Nest<\/FONT><\/A> VI:4 <\/FONT><\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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from  <\/FONT>dagosan<\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A>: <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Saturday sunset<\/DIV>
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four geese fly by<\/DIV>
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double-dating<\/FONT>              <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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\"tiny  Brad Wendel at Legal Ethics Forum<\/EM> asked today whether there are any  \"donkey\"<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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good hooks for seeking bar discipline when a <\/FONT>lawyer acts like a jerk in public<\/A>, outside<\/EM><\/FONT> <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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of the practice of law.  The story started at Eric Muller’s website Is that Legal?<\/FONT><\/A><\/EM> <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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and revolves around a silly, insulting comment sent by lawyer <\/FONT>David L. Gearhart<\/FONT><\/A>, <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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J.D., CPA, MBA, who is a member of the Illinois and Indiana bars, and a 2001 <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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graduate of John Marshall Law School.  [Brian Leiter<\/FONT><\/A> first suggested referring <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Gearhart to the Illinois Grievance Committe.] As I commented at LSF<\/EM>, this seems to <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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be an instance where e-shaming — letting the world discover David Gearhart’s <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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conduct through Google, Yahoo! et al <\/EM>— is both sufficient and appropriate.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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    One thing I will say for Gearhart:  he at least was willing to put his <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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    name to his email statement — that’s a couple steps up the maturity and <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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    evolutionary ladder from the lawyer (and law student) worms who <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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    slur and insult others anonymously.<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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