Unsolicited faxes distributed by a lawyer specializing in attorney malpractice cases were basically informational, not promotional, in nature and did not violate federal laws and rules against improper solicitations, the Court of Appeals ruled yesterday in Stern v. Bluestone, 87.

The judges unanimously overturned an Appellate Division, First Department, ruling that the 14 faxes attorney Andrew Lavoott Bluestone sent to another solo practitioner, Peter Marc Stern, violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 or the Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005.

Read more in The New York Law Journal.