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Just Answers - Lawyer Advertising Rules-A-Changing
LAWYER ADVERTISING IN NEW YORK IS ABOUT TO CHANGE
Starting this fall, you no longer have to worry about seeing cheesy ads on television or in print from celebrities hawking lawyers and law firms in New York. It's true. The advertising rules for lawyers are changing. No more Bill Shattner (from Star Trek) telling you how great a particular law firm is. No more photos of lawyers standing in
Starting this fall, you no longer have to worry about seeing cheesy ads on television or in print from celebrities hawking lawyers and law firms in New York. It's true. The advertising rules for lawyers are changing. No more Bill Shattner (from Star Trek) telling you how great a particular law firm is. No more photos of lawyers standing in
According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product
front of a courthouse, or even inside a courtroom. Our rule-makers (and many lawyers) felt that many ads were simply degrading to the legal profession. (You think?)
Also banned are computer pop-ups, misleading testimonials and catchy nicknames that lawyers have used, like "The Hammer" or "Pit Bull." Let me ask you a question. When you see an ad like that, do you really want to rush out a
Also banned are computer pop-ups, misleading testimonials and catchy nicknames that lawyers have used, like "The Hammer" or "Pit Bull." Let me ask you a question. When you see an ad like that, do you really want to rush out a
; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.
Examples of combination products may in
Examples of combination products may in
d call someone because you saw a pop-up ad on your computer? Do your fingers rush to the phone to start dialing a lawyer because he tells you how quickly he can get you cash for your injuries? When you see an ad with a wrecked car and a person in a wheelchair, smiling, holding up a cardboard check with lots of zeros on it- does it make you want to throw up, or does it make you rush to the
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
phone and call that lawyer?
I've written many articles on lawyer advertising, and recently wrote about why you won't find a medical malpractice lawyer in the Yellow Pages. The reason is exactly why the advertising rules in New York are changing for lawyers. The ads are disgusting, and totally uninformative.
All lawyer ads say the same thing-FREE CONSULTATION…NO FEE UNLESS WE WIN…WE WIN M
I've written many articles on lawyer advertising, and recently wrote about why you won't find a medical malpractice lawyer in the Yellow Pages. The reason is exactly why the advertising rules in New York are changing for lawyers. The ads are disgusting, and totally uninformative.
All lawyer ads say the same thing-FREE CONSULTATION…NO FEE UNLESS WE WIN…WE WIN M
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
LLIONS…Is it any wonder that a consumer can't pick a lawyer? Just look in your local yellow pages under the heading LAWYERS. You will easily see 40 pages of lawyer ads, ALL SAYING THE SAME THING. The only difference is the size of the ad, (2 page ad, 1 page ad, 3/4 page, 1/2, etc.)
The funny thing is that you could interchange the names on the ads in yellow pages, and it wouldn't make any
The funny thing is that you could interchange the names on the ads in yellow pages, and it wouldn't make any
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
difference.
For those of you who missed my recent lawyer advertising article, I am reprinting it here:
Top 10 Reasons Why You Won't Find A New York Injury Lawyer In The Yellow Pages
Open any yellow pages book in New York under the heading 'lawyer' and you'll be immediately bombarded with every type of injury and claim you could ever make. Full page ads, double page ads, blazing color, u
For those of you who missed my recent lawyer advertising article, I am reprinting it here:
Top 10 Reasons Why You Won't Find A New York Injury Lawyer In The Yellow Pages
Open any yellow pages book in New York under the heading 'lawyer' and you'll be immediately bombarded with every type of injury and claim you could ever make. Full page ads, double page ads, blazing color, u
ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc
nsightly photos, screaming bold headlines…how does an injured victim choose a lawyer among all this clutter?
Here's a sampling of statements found in current yellow pages ads in the Greater New York Metropolitan area:
"Tough, aggressive, experienced." What does this mean? That you're a pit bull who knows how to bark and bite?
"Serious trial lawyers for the seriously injured." What doe
Here's a sampling of statements found in current yellow pages ads in the Greater New York Metropolitan area:
"Tough, aggressive, experienced." What does this mean? That you're a pit bull who knows how to bark and bite?
"Serious trial lawyers for the seriously injured." What doe
easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi
this mean? That if you're not seriously injured you need a trial lawyer who's not serious?
"Over 70 years combined experience." What this means is that each attorney has limited experience, but if you pool everybody's experience together, we can make is seem like we've been around for hundreds of years.
"Special consideration for senior citizens." This is an obvious play for cases inv
"Over 70 years combined experience." What this means is that each attorney has limited experience, but if you pool everybody's experience together, we can make is seem like we've been around for hundreds of years.
"Special consideration for senior citizens." This is an obvious play for cases inv
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
olving elderly people. Just what special consideration would this firm give to senior citizens that it doesn't give to all its' clients?
"Experienced in obtaining large cash awards quickly." Does this mean that this firm never takes cases to trial? The only large awards that are resolved quickly are ones that are clear cut on liability, causation and damages. Do I want an attorney who is
"Experienced in obtaining large cash awards quickly." Does this mean that this firm never takes cases to trial? The only large awards that are resolved quickly are ones that are clear cut on liability, causation and damages. Do I want an attorney who is
and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ
experienced in obtaining large cash awards slowly? What's the rush? If I rush, isn't there a good chance that I'll get less money for my injuries than I deserve?
"You made a mistake once, now choose the right lawyer." Guess what type of law this firm practices? Divorce.
"Get the money you deserve!" OK, sign me up and show me the money. What if I deserve more than you can get for me?
"
"You made a mistake once, now choose the right lawyer." Guess what type of law this firm practices? Divorce.
"Get the money you deserve!" OK, sign me up and show me the money. What if I deserve more than you can get for me?
"
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
all the law firm that never sleeps."
That's an interesting way to distinguish oneself. Being up 24 hours a day, bleary eyed, and tired? If you never sleep, how can you adequately represent injured victims?
Photo of lawyer holding briefcase in one hand, large cardboard check in other, smiling. Client, on crutches, in a leg cast, looking with total glee at the cardboard check, with her han
Photo of lawyer holding briefcase in one hand, large cardboard check in other, smiling. Client, on crutches, in a leg cast, looking with total glee at the cardboard check, with her han
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.
Following aspects would a
Following aspects would a
ds open wide as if to exclaim "WOW!" Give me a break. Believe it or not, this violates the disciplinary rules in the State of New York. It's a no-no.
How about an ad without any name, or address, just an 800 phone number? No good. Violates the rules. Would you call a 'no-name' law firm?
All these ads make you feel rushed to get your cash. Sort of makes you feel "lucky" you got hurt, do
How about an ad without any name, or address, just an 800 phone number? No good. Violates the rules. Would you call a 'no-name' law firm?
All these ads make you feel rushed to get your cash. Sort of makes you feel "lucky" you got hurt, do
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
sn't it? So, with all of these great lawyer ads, how does a consumer who's been injured pick the right one? Do you have to call each and every one? That would be extremely time consuming and not very effective.
Do you trust the firm because they show pictures of crashed cars and an ambulance nearby? How about the photo of a worker falling in mid-air from a scaffold? Can you relate to him?
Do you trust the firm because they show pictures of crashed cars and an ambulance nearby? How about the photo of a worker falling in mid-air from a scaffold? Can you relate to him?
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
Maybe you can relate to the photo of the elderly woman slipping on ice and another photo of her lying on a stretcher in the hospital? Do these illustrations and photos make you all warm and fuzzy about the law firm you're about to call? I personally don't think so.
Here's the top 10 reasons you won't find a New York Injury Lawyer from an ad in the yellow pages:
1. You can't tell one ad
Here's the top 10 reasons you won't find a New York Injury Lawyer from an ad in the yellow pages:
1. You can't tell one ad
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
part from the other.
2. The lawyer ads all say the same thing.
"Call me," "Personal attention," "Large Cash Awards," "Lots of experience," "Pick me, ooh, pick me!"
3. Many ads scream at you, without telling you how they can help.
4. Do you call a firm just because they have a larger ad than someone 20 pages into the book?
5. Every ad says that I can talk to a lawyer for free, but what
t?
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
are the fees to handle my case? None of the ads talk about that.
6. Who pays the legal expenses if I don't win my case? Many ads don't tell you.
7. How do I know if one attorney is any better than the other? I can't tell just from an ad.
8. Aren't these ads just trying to sell me their services? "I don't want a salesman, I want a lawyer who knows how to guide me through the legal system
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
."
9. I don't want to go through 40 pages worth of yellow pages ads- I need help now. Maybe I'll go online instead.
10. Do you really want to pick a lawyer they way you choose a plumber?
So, for those lawyers who claim that our first amendment rights are being infringed upon, I say- Nonsense. These ads are ridiculous. The only way a consumer can choose an attorney wisely is by getting a
So, for those lawyers who claim that our first amendment rights are being infringed upon, I say- Nonsense. These ads are ridiculous. The only way a consumer can choose an attorney wisely is by getting a
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
much information as they can. Making an informed choice is the only choice when choosing a lawyer.
When you call a lawyer's office, ask if they give out free written information about how lawsuits work. Do they provide information, such as on a website, that answers frequently asked questions about injury victims and the legal process? Is there any way for you to get all this information
When you call a lawyer's office, ask if they give out free written information about how lawsuits work. Do they provide information, such as on a website, that answers frequently asked questions about injury victims and the legal process? Is there any way for you to get all this information
.
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
BEFORE you ever step into a lawyer's office?
There is…you just have to know where to look. For a good example go to my website, www.oginski-law.com where I have over 200 frequently asked questions. I have over 70 original articles posted online. On my site I have hundreds of law-related news articles, especially those involving jury awards and settlements in injury cases in New York and
There is…you just have to know where to look. For a good example go to my website, www.oginski-law.com where I have over 200 frequently asked questions. I have over 70 original articles posted online. On my site I have hundreds of law-related news articles, especially those involving jury awards and settlements in injury cases in New York and
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
cross the country.
I am very pleased to report that I get compliments every day from people across the country about the content and information on my website. That's the key that most lawyers don't understand. By providing relevant content to information-starved people, an injured victim can make a truly informed choice about their options.
It's about time those lawyer ads were changed
I am very pleased to report that I get compliments every day from people across the country about the content and information on my website. That's the key that most lawyers don't understand. By providing relevant content to information-starved people, an injured victim can make a truly informed choice about their options.
It's about time those lawyer ads were changed
tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products
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