More on First Amendment Challenge to New York Lawyer Advertising Rules

By Brian Wolfman 

This earlier post describes the lawsuit by an upstate New York law firm and Public Citizen to strike down new New York lawyer advertising restrictions on First Amendment grounds.  That post discusses the various constitutional problems with the rules - - which restrict both commercial and non-commercial speech - - and links to earlier posts concerning the rules.  The plaintiffs have now filed their brief in support of a preliminary injunction, which details the new restrictions and the plaintiffs' First Amendment arguments.