House Bill 430 would prohibit lawyers from using slogans, jingles, or mottos in their ads and place other restrictions on the state’s attorneys. However, one legal analyst says this law likely wouldn’t stand up in court.
“There are two problems with what the governor wants to do,” Loyola University law professor Dane Ciolino said.
The first problem, according to Ciolino, is that the Louisiana Supreme Court–not the legislature or the governor–is responsible for regulating the conduct of the state’s lawyers…