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The Real Truth About Laywer Advertising

Thousands of lawyer ads on the Internet, in the Yellow Pages and on T.V.

What's a Consumer to do?

The Truth About Lawyer Advertising is available free to Virginia residents.

Its also available at Amazon.com



Good reading.

Ben Glass

The Real Truth About Lawyer Advertising

Thousands of lawyer ads on the Internet, in the Yellow Pages and on T.V.

What's a Consumer to do?

The Truth About Lawyer Advertising is available free to Virginia residents.

Its also available at Amazon.com



Good reading.

Ben Glass

"Pearl Shucked" Clients -- Ready for You!

I've written before about those spam emails that lawyers get from advertising services offering to serve up "pearl shucked" clients.. I wondered..."if you are a client, why would you want to go to a lawyer who advertised that way?"

My post on this rather unique marketing message has been commented on elsewhere.

Got an email today from the "pearl shucked lawyer group."

Get a life Ben-you shouldn't let my ads intimidate you like that.
It will take your eye of the speeding ambulance racing by.
Jesse

Here's my response:

Dear Jesse:

I invite you to attend one of my two day conferences on effective, ethical and outside the box marketing.

There you will meet a roomful of lawyer and their staff who do have a life and who don't chase ambulances or sit around waiting for pearl shucked clients.

Ben

Major Law Firm Directory Websites Exposed

If you are looking for a lawyer and think that trolling those mega law firm directory websites is going to get you anywhere, do yourself a favor and read this new report first.

You can download this report on the Truth About the Mega Lawyer Directory Websites here.

Written by Mischelle Davis of the Davis Law Group.

July 2008 BenGlassLaw Firm Newsletter

The July 2008 newsletter from Virginia Personal Injury Attorney is available. Ben Glass reveals why "Perfection is for Dummies."

Would You Go to a Lawyer Who is Looking for Client's "Pearlshucked" for Him?

Almost daily I get spam email from "lawyer marketing vultures" who promise to send "client leads" if I pay him a bunch of money and they (probably) spend a ton of money on Google Adwords to try to attrack clients.

Question: would you want to be represented by a lawyer who responded to this spam email from a group calling itself ServiceToLawyers?

Answer: Below

"GIVE ME A CALL IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN REPRESENTING CONSUMER FRAUD CLASS ACTION PARTICIPANTS." "PEARL-SHUCKED" AND QUALIFIED FOR YOU! (see story and ruling below)



Baycol users can sue for consumer fraud
Published: October 28, 2008


Plaintiffs who alleged they were deceived into purchasing an anti-cholesterol drug can sue for consumer fraud – even though they didn't directly rely on claims made by the drug's maker in its advertising, the Illinois Appellate Court has ruled.
The decision reaffirms an earlier ruling. (See "Drug customers can sue over fraudulent statements," Lawyers USA, June 4, 2007.)

The plaintiff filed a class action against Bayer over its anti-cholesterol drug Baycol. The company withdrew the drug from the market after determining it was unsafe.

The proposed class excluded purchasers of the drug who had been injured or died.

Bayer argued that the plaintiff could not establish a claim under the state's consumer fraud law because her decision to purchase the drug was based on her doctor's advice, rather than on Bayer's advertising.

But the court decided that the plaintiff could establish consumer fraud under a theory of "indirect deception by silent concealment."

It explained that in this case, Bayer "allegedly suppressed and concealed negative safety and efficacy data associated with the use of Baycol, to influence prescribing physicians and their patients. The act of intentionally suppressing and concealing material information – information that identifies adverse reactions and serious injuries associated with use of a pharmaceutical product – with the intent to influence purchasing decisions is an implicit misrepresentation of the safety and efficacy of the product, and if the consumer is actually deceived thereby, the deception may give rise to a consumer fraud action."

Illinois Appellate Court. De Bouse v. Bayer AG, No. 5-06-0077. Oct. 9, 2008. Lawyers USA No. 993-129. Click here for the full text of this opinion.

GIVE ME A CALL..LETS TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN HELP YOU WITH THIS ACTION OR WHAT EVER OTHER CASE LEADS YOU WOULD LIKE TO START BUILDING IN YOUR PIPELINE.

Jesse Levine

ServicesToLawyers

jesse@servicestolawyers.com

(610) 400-1545

www.servicestolawyers.com

www.cycleattorneynetwork.com

www.cycleworldnetwork.com 

 

The answer is that you darn well better do your research before hiring any lawyer. Get my book The Truth About Lawyer Advertising for starters. Remeber though, that some lawyers are trolling for clients who are "pearlshucked."