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IN THE MATTER OF AMENDMENT TO S.J.C. RULE 3:07

398 Mass. 73 (1986)

495 N.E.2d 282

IN THE MATTER OF AMENDMENT TO S.J.C. RULE 3:07, DR 2-103 AND DR 2-104.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 16, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Kuhlman for American Bar Association.

Michael S. Greco & Charles B. Swartwood, III, for Massachusetts Bar Association.

Sandra Shapiro for Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts.

Paula W. Gold for Executive Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation.

Ernest Winsor for Massachusetts Law Reform Institute.

Andrew L. Kaufman for the Supreme Judicial Court Committee on Lawyer Solicitation.

Theodore P. Orenstein, pro se, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

O'CONNOR, J.

On August 27, 1984, the Supreme Judicial Court rules committee appointed a special committee1 to consider modification of S.J.C. Rule 3:07, DR 2-103 and DR 2-104, as appearing in 382 Mass. 771 (1981), regarding lawyer solicitation of clients. Recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court, coupled with developments in the legal profession, have called into question our prophylactic ban on lawyer solicitation.

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