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U.S. Supreme Court,
State Bar & Bar Associations

Mar. 12, 2015

A ruling worth the State Bar's attention

We can predict that the bar will view a recent high court ruling as an ephemeral nightmare or falsely rationalize that it does not apply to it, or that its current practices somehow comply.

Robert C. Fellmeth

Price Professor of Public Interest Law
University of San Diego School of Law

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By Robert Fellmeth


The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners v. Federal Trade Commission reminds one of the potency of denial. We can predict that the State Bar, as with professional licensing agencies in every state, will view the holding as an ephemeral nightmare or falsely rationalize that it does not apply to it, or that its current practices somehow comply.


This decision holds that federal anti...

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