State bars force law ads to be more boring

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Two quick notes of disclosure: I sometimes write ads for a law firm, and the ads (print only) usually have some dry wit to them. But that’s as much as I should say, because apparently jokes don’t go over so well with legal disciplinary folks. The Wall Street Journal had a front-page story this week about how New York and Florida are cracking down on crash-landed UFOs, Godzilla-sized attorneys and pretty much anything more interesting than a mahogany desk in legal ads.

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