Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Jun. 7, 2014
ABA brief insists federal prosecutors must obey state ethics rules
The American Bar Association has joined the fight against a lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Justice challenging an ethics rule in New Mexico and 30 other states.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The decades-old issue of whether federal prosecutors have to obey lawyer ethics rules in the states where they practice has cropped up again - despite a 1998 federal law know as the McDade Amendment that says they must.
A lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice is pending at the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on whether a New Mexico professional conduct rule restricts when prosecu...
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