On Thursday, June 10, 2010, the Supreme Court of Florida granted the Florida Bar's emergency motion to stay the effective date of the amendments to the Web site rules (Case No. SC08-1181). According to the order, the effective date of the amendments to the rule regulating The Florida Bar 4-7.6 will be 90 days after the Court’s ruling. The motion was filed June 1, 2010, and the Court has not yet ruled. The comment period is still open and copies of the motions and the Court's order to stay can be found on the Florida Bar website in the Advertising Rules section. A notice that the Court stayed the effective date appears on the bar's homepage or you may click here to view.

For more information on The Florida Bar ruling, see Michael Webb’s article that appears in the upcoming June issue of LMA Strategies.