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State Bar & Bar Associations

Jun. 24, 2016

Rule change would give bar more power to target discrimination

A proposed change to California's Rules of Professional Conduct would allow the State Bar to investigate and seek discipline of attorneys for alleged discrimination even without them being found legally at fault in another venue.

By Lyle Moran
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A proposed change to California's Rules of Professional Conduct would allow the State Bar to investigate and seek discipline of attorneys for alleged discrimination even without them being found legally at fault in another venue.

The amended rule put forth by the bar's Rules Revision Commission would apply to unlawful discrimination in terminating or refusing to accept the representation of any ...

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