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Copyright Infringement Suit Over Lawyer's Advertising Cartoon Continues

A New York lawyer who used a cartoon image of a heavily bandaged patient to advertise his personal injury practice may be entitled to copyright protection for the drawing, a federal judge has ruled.

Richard P. Neimark of Rockland County, N.Y.'s Neimark & Neimark began using the cartoon in 1988, publishing it in Yellow Pages advertisements. The drawing depicts a bandaged patient lying in a hospital bed with a prescription to "Call Neimark" attached to his chart. Neimark registered the drawing with the U.S. Copyright Office in 1990.

Proposed Rules on Lawyer Advertising in Louisiana Are Unconstitutional

Statement of Brian Wolfman, Director, Litigation Group at Public Citizen

June 6, 2007 -- Proposed Louisiana rules on lawyer advertising and solicitation are unconstitutional restrictions on free speech under the First Amendment and would harm many consumers of legal services. The rules would effectively ban all but the blandest of legal advertisements.