Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
State Bar & Bar Associations
May 19, 2015
Will state licensing regimes survive?
Standing alone, the U.S. high court's decision in Dental Examiners did not represent any new challenges for the State Bar. Until later.
Teresa J. Schmid
Director
American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility
Email: teresa.schmid@schmidwatsonlaw.com
Teresa is a professional responsibility attorney and consultant in management and public policy. A former executive director for the State Bar of Arizona and the Oregon State Bar, and former assistant chief trial counsel for the State Bar of California, she is the secretary for the Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee for the Los Angeles County Bar Association. The views expressed are her own.
On Feb. 25, the U.S. Supreme Court filed its opinion in the case of In North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v. Federal Trade Commission, upholding the finding of the FTC that North Carolina's Board of Dental Examiners engaged in an anticompetitive and unfair method of competition under the Federal Trade Commission Act.
The decision impacts all self-regulating professions, not least unified bar associations like the State ...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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