RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 231 (SB 115) 2020 Regular Session Connick
New law provides any advertisement for legal services, in any format, that contains a
reference to a monetary settlement agreement or an award by a jury verdict previously
obtained by the advertising attorney shall, in the same advertisement, disclose a full
accounting of all attorney fees paid to the advertising attorney associated with the settlement
agreement or award by jury verdict.
Provides that the disclosure of all attorney fees paid to the advertising attorney associated
with the settlement agreement or jury verdict, when presented in print, shall be in a font size
no smaller than half of the largest font size used in the advertisement and when presented
verbally shall be audible, intelligible, and presented with equal prominence and in the same
manner as the other parts of the advertisement.
Provides that the La. Supreme Court may adopt rules that are necessary to implement and
enforce the provisions of new law.
Provides that the term "media entity" includes the following:
(1)Radio or television broadcast station.
(2)Cable television company.
(3)Newspaper or periodical company.
(4)Billboard company.
(5)Voice, data, or other communications.
(6)Information services.
(7)Internet access provider.
(8)Bona fide news or public interest website operator.
Provides that new law does not limit or otherwise affect the carriage, distribution,
transmission, or display of any advertisement by a media entity. Provides that any carriage,
distribution, transmission, or display of an advertisement by a media entity shall not be a
violation of new law.
Effective January 1, 2021.
(Adds R.S. 37:223)