Month: October 2024

Talking Trash with the Animal Law Section and Environmental Law Section after the 40th Annual Coastal Cleanup

By Alison Schlick

The San Diego County Bar Association’s Animal Law Section and Environmental Law/Land Use  Section teamed up with I Love a Clean San Diego to clean De Anza Cove in Mission Bay Park from the “trash fence” to the water, finding and disposing of more than 64 pounds of trash including recycling which was recycled.  Read More

Rule of Professional Conduct 8.3: AKA the “Snitch Rule”

By Deborah Wolfe

This relatively new Rule has generated much controversy and colloquy since it was approved by the California Supreme Court, effective August 1, 2023. It [CB1]  unquestionably was instituted in the wake of former member of the bar Thomas Girardi’s theft of his clients’ money and the lack of oversight or reporting of the theft by Girardi’s associates in his law practice.  Read More