Categories : Legal Ethics
Proposed Rule 8.3 Competing Alternatives: What’s on the Table Now?
By Mallory H. Chase
Currently out for public comment are two alternative versions of a proposed new California Rule of Professional Conduct, rule 8.3, which would address a lawyer’s duty to report the misconduct of another lawyer to the State Bar. As it stands, California is the last hold-out United States jurisdiction without an adopted rule on the topic.