By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is seeking to constrain ethics investigations ...

The state attorney discipline board has dismissed its case against prominent criminal defense attorney Clyde Bennett II, who was accused of knowingly presenting false information to a judge. The Board ...

In the attorney ethics matter, a Texas appeals court said in its ruling this month that the Texas Bar’s Commission for Lawyer Discipline, which brought the petition against Powell, failed to show how ...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has clarified that the standard of proof required for a finding of attorney misconduct is “clear and convincing evidence.” Attorney disciplinary matters “are in the ...

The administration has no control over the disciplinary authorities of state bar associations, but a new proposal would let ...

The Bay Ridge Lawyers Association and its President Adam Kalish recently convened at Mama Rao’s in Dyker Heights for its monthly meeting, which featured an enlightening discussion on attorney ...

A High Court judge has directed the Supreme Court Registrar to start the process which would see an attorney being hauled ...

In two recent disciplinary matters, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court considered the applicability of offensive collateral estoppel in attorney disciplinary matters. The outcomes, both favorable to the ...

(CNN) — Five former prosecutors who worked on criminal cases stemming from the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol are urging the disciplinary office governing lawyers in Washington, DC, to open ...

In a first-of-its-kind move, the California State Bar endorsed a plan to expunge attorney discipline records—other than disbarment—after eight years. The practical effect of the move is that public ...

The Iowa Judicial Building. (Photo and seal courtesy of the Iowa Judicial Branch) Warren County’s former top prosecutor has been sanctioned a fourth time for allegedly violating the rules of ...