Article: Bogus faxes sent under Bar's name.

Faxes have been sent to Florida lawyers on what appears to be Florida Bar letterhead, offering cut-rate prices on drugs such as Valium, Viagra, and Xanax without the hassle of seeing a doctor or needing a prescription. Other faxes are invitations to pornography and gambling offers.

Rest assured, these faxes were not sent by The Florida Bar as another membership service. And Bar General Counsel Paul Hill wants them to stop.

In a memo to both the Attorney General's Office and Bar counsel Barry Richard. Hill wrote: "We'd like our good name protected. And if there's other relief, the Bar would like in explore it."

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