cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/36236419

The proposal, filed in the Federal Register in early March, seeks to halt state-level ethics and professional misconduct investigations of federal lawyers by state bars until the U.S. Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility conducts its own review.

Problem is that lawyers working for the federal government are widely involved in illegal and unethical practices. Loss of state license is a real possibility