Probative legal-marketing data

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Published November 3, 2026 | Version 1.4.1
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Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC)

Authors/Creators

Description

Plain-English summaries of lawyer advertising rules for the 50 US states and DC: ad filing, required ad content, solicitation waiting periods, claims and testimonials, referral and lead-generator rules, other languages, call-recording consent, texting law and privacy law. Each of the 426 rule cells is sourced and marked P (primary source, 426) or S (secondary source, 0). Data version 2026-10-25. Canonical page: https://probativegrowth.com/resources/lawyer-advertising-rules-by-state/. Published by Probative Growth (probativegrowth.com), a marketing agency for US law firms; not a law firm. Not legal advice.

Notes

Version 1.4.1 (2026-11-03). 2026-11-01: US The library's section on laws about ads for prescription drugs and medical devices now opens with the federal baseline that applies in every state, the FTC Act's ban on unfair or deceptive acts or practices and the FTC's letters on television ads for drug lawsuits, quoted from the official sources, before the states that have a law of their own. The data file and the page now carry that baseline and the state laws, each quoted with its sources. Funding: none.

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Additional details

Has metadata
Other: https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/rules/croissant.json (URL)
Is derived from
Other: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/ (URL)
Dataset: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_7_2_advertising/comment_on_rule_7_2/ (URL)
Dataset: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/64.1200 (URL)
Dataset: https://california.public.law/codes/business_and_professions_code_section_6157.2 (URL)
Dataset: https://www.calbar.ca.gov/sites/default/files/portals/0/documents/rules/State_Bar_Act.pdf (URL)
Dataset: https://www-media.floridabar.org/uploads/2026/10/2027_04-OCT-Chapter-4-RRTFB-1.pdf (URL)
Dataset: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/CourtRules/RPC.html (URL)
Is documented by
Other: https://probativegrowth.com/data/ (URL)
Other: https://probativegrowth.com/data/#status-codes (URL)
Other: https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/rules/README.txt (URL)
Is identical to
Dataset: https://huggingface.co/datasets/ProbativeGrowth/legal-marketing-data (URL)
Dataset: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/probativeoperations/legal-marketing-open-data-us (URL)
Is new version of
Dataset: 10.5281/zenodo.23742260 (DOI)
Dataset: 10.5281/zenodo.23744574 (DOI)
Dataset: 10.5281/zenodo.23750572 (DOI)
Is supplement to
Other: https://probativegrowth.com/resources/lawyer-advertising-rules-by-state/ (URL)
Is supplemented by
Dataset: https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/rules/index.json (URL)

Subjects

Bankruptcy
https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/R8g9E8c4U6pZQefIjUNRuDd
Business and commercial law
https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RqNYDJtQ1pAsGPKZNEUlET
Civil rights
https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/R07tQM5sYugYGBPQS571s5
Consumer protection
https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RCovPJMo8mH3uZhlySLgWIa
Criminal defense
https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RMZ6lNihK8TG4Flhco1yTy
Education law
https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RD13zMDizrkliKHQU6IzISt
Employment law
https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RCzvtNXIrDJF8xkmOoc6JKH
Estate planning
https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/R8rmINPJcI5dRjZrlQZA8v6
Family law
https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RBFgL4Dth9VONjmIdH0bEOs
Immigration
https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RVYBDQv9HD2DkAuvbf5Cha
Insurance claim disputes and bad faith
https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RDFhkhLQDtnN9dqbZSYSlpC
Intellectual property
https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RDdMucRftztKt4Ag7WzUxX
Securities and investor fraud
https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RCF0BMeSwppddfM6cp6AUBK
Landlord and tenant
https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RBjYepK2dGo0eMf20eWQmI3
Lemon law and auto fraud
https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RCovPJMo8mH3uZhlySLgWIa
Mass torts
https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RM35ursk6terURihawIPFX
Medical malpractice
https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RR7oJoEqb12ZxVMvTIb7I0
Personal injury
https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/R7MK1XmyjtYxZKg8Iw4ZN4K
Real estate
https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RDb8aZxNJsmCvQGbfiFyfI7
Social Security disability (SSDI and SSI)
Tax disputes and IRS problems
https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RcVabDAyOfCmuIYjaqoxHf
VA disability and veterans' benefits
https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/R87uC5Y8OzRu9KIi2FUr408
Workers' compensation
https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RXglkHnO0P9PdVdDRHi9wJ