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Discipline

Oct. 27, 2006

Court Shouldn't Have Tossed Novelist DA Off Case

FORUM COLUMN - By Jeremiah Reynolds - In recent years, attorneys' free speech rights have been curtailed by ethical rules and court orders that prohibit attorney speech regarding pending cases.


Forum Column

By Jeremiah Reynolds

     
      In recent years, attorneys' free speech rights have been curtailed by ethical rules and court orders that prohibit attorney speech regarding pending cases. For example, California Rule of Professional Conduct Rule 5-120(a) prohibits attorneys from making public statements that "will have a substantial likelihood of materially prejudicing an adjudic...

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