Law Firm Barred From Communicating With Potential Class Members

An attorney may be barred from communicating with potential class members if he violates ethical rules in making those communications, the Sixth Circuit said.

The appeals court affirmed a protective order barring Visser and Associates PLLC, and Donald and Donovan Visser from communicating with potential class members who received an unsolicited communication from them after the preliminary approval of a proposed settlement and conditional certification of the proposed class.

In a separate order, the court upheld a formal reprimand against Visser.

The rulings stem from a proposed class action in Western Michigan by people who had their property foreclosed and ...