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State Bar & Bar Associations

Dec. 8, 2005

ABA Keeps Federal Regulation at Bay

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., affirmed Tuesday that the American Bar Association's view that a federal privacy law aimed at regulating financial institutions does not apply to the legal profession.

By Itir Yakar
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., affirmed Tuesday that the American Bar Association's view that a federal privacy law aimed at regulating financial institutions does not apply to the legal profession.
        The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit means...

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