Law Practice,
State Bar & Bar Associations
Aug. 24, 2017
Democracy 101 and the State Bar of California
The State Bar of California is controlled by what the U.S. Supreme Court calls “active market participants” in the profession regulated. The court held in its 2015 North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v. FTC decision that such a body does not enjoy any “sovereign status” for purposes of federal antitrust liability.
Robert C. Fellmeth
Price Professor of Public Interest Law
University of San Diego School of Law
The State Bar of California is controlled by what the U.S. Supreme Court calls “active market participants” in the profession regulated. The court held in its 2015 North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v. FTC decision that such a body does not enjoy any “sovereign status” for purposes of federal antitrust liability. It is a cartel structure that is legally precluded from such a role. Further, the “supply control” of entry licensure requires such sove...
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