Virginia Supreme Court holds that advertising rules may be applied to a lawyer’s blog (from the ABA website)

When our clients ask to give them a guarantee on the outcome of their case and we tell them that all cases are different and therefore, all we can do is guarantee that we will work hard to make sure we get a positive or the best outcome possible, some walk away skeptical of our practices. Some attorneys might be indicating to their clients that we should be able to give them a more positive answer. Here is why we cannot do that and why we are not allow to "pat ourselves on the back" or use our past cases as proof that we are a legal defense corporation with many years of experience and have had plenty of good results, but do not advertise our clients' results.

Here is what lawyers are required to post on their advertisement. (from the ABA Journal “Case results depend upon a variety of factors unique to each case. Case results do not guarantee or predict a similar result in any future case.”) Follow the link to read more.