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Question XVI
XVI. Determine if the following advertisements by an attorney are ethical or unethical. Explain your answer.
(a)(a) A calling card, 2 inches x 2 inches in size, bearing the attorney's name in bold print, office, residence and email addresses, telephone and facsimile numbers. (2%)
(b)(b) A business card, 3 inches x 4 inches in size, indicating the aforementioned data with his 1 inch x 1 inch photograph. (2%)
(c)(c) A pictorial press release in a broadsheet newspaper made by the attorney showing him being congratulated by the president of a client corporation for winning a multi-million damage suit against the company in the Supreme Court. (2%)
(d)(d)The same press release made in a tabloid by the attorney's client. (2%)
(e)(e) A small announcement that the attorney is giving free legal advice on November 30, 2017 published in
Balita,
a tabloid in Filipino. (2%)
-NOTHING FOLLOWS-
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