“Super Lawyers” Opinion Vacated

The New Jersey Supreme Court has vacated and remanded the opinion of its Committee on Attorney Advertising that had prohibited being designated and advertising as Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers in America or similar comparative titles. The court’s opinion accepts the analysis of a Special Master that such advertising is not inherently misleading and its ban is unconstitutional. The committee’s contrary opinion was vacated because “it does not provide the carefully nuanced analysis that informs the Special Master’s Report.” (Mike Frisch)