Lawyers Can Use Online Match Services, Ethics Panel Says

Lawyers can pay a fee to participate in an online service that matches lawyers with potential clients, as long as the service exercises no discretion in those matchups, a State Bar of Texas ethics committee determined. The decision addresses "the fine line between solicitation and advertising when you use a nonlawyer, for-profit Internet service to obtain clients," says attorney Paul Koning.

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