IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENT TO APR 11, REGULATION 104 (d)(2)

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ORDER NO. 25700-A-682

The Washington State Bar Association Board of Governors recommended the adoption of the proposed amendment to APR 11, Regulation 104 (d)(2). The Court having determined that the proposed amendment will aid in the prompt and orderly administration of justice and further determined that an emergency exists which necessitates an early adoption;

Now, therefore, it is hereby

ORDERED:

(a) That the amendment as attached hereto is adopted.

(b) That pursuant to the emergency provisions of GR 9(i), the amendment to APR 11, Regulation 104 (d)(2) will be published expeditiously and become effective upon publication.

DATED at Olympia, Washington this 12th day of June 2000.

	Guy, C.J.
Smith, J.
Madsen, J.	Alexander, J.
Johnson, J.	Ireland, J.
Talmadge, J.	Bridge, J.

2) Programs that are primarily designed to teach attorneys how to improve market share, attract clients or increase profits will not be approved, nor will programs primarily designed to be a sales vehicle for a service or product. While a company which provides services or products to the legal community may wish to participate in or sponsor law office management seminars, those courses will be approved for credit only if there is no discussion or literature promoting that company, other than the biographical material about the speakers, or there is equal treatment in discussion and written materials of alternate vendors of the particular product or service, and the written material does not include prepared promotional literature.

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