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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

May 2, 2014

Experts: Sterling unlikely to lose law license over comments

Following his lifetime ban from associating with the NBA and the Clippers, Donald Sterling's days as a basketball team owner may be numbered. But it's unlikely his days as a licensed lawyer, a privilege he has held for 53 years, are.


By Chase Scheinbaum


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Following his lifetime ban from associating with the NBA and the Clippers, Donald Sterling's days as a basketball team owner may be numbered. But it's unlikely his days as a California State Bar-licensed lawyer, a privilege he has held for 53 years, are.


While outraged by comments allegedly made by Sterling that were made public last weekend, many legal observers - citing First Amendment ...

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