October 04, 2023
The Third Circuit declined to rethink a panel's decision to revive a new anti-bias and harassment rule in Pennsylvania that imposes ethics penalties on attorneys who intentionally discriminate based on sex or race after "a majority" of the appellate court's judges declined to vote for a rehearing.
August 29, 2023
The Third Circuit on Tuesday reinstated an anti-bias and harassment rule that would impose ethics penalties on lawyers who knowingly engage in racial and sexual discrimination, deeming the challenge from the lawyer opposing it to be too speculative given that it had not been enforced against him.
August 24, 2023
The Third Circuit's ruling dismissing a challenge to a New Jersey gun control law has no bearing on a separate case involving the Pennsylvania Bar Association's anti-bias rule, an attorney opposing the new rule claimed in a letter to the federal appeals court.
April 13, 2023
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court's attorney disciplinary board asked a Third Circuit panel on Thursday to reinstate a new anti-bias rule that would impose ethics penalties on lawyers who knowingly engage in racial and sexual discrimination, arguing the lawyer who challenged it lacked standing to do so.
April 07, 2023
The Third Circuit springs into action in April with cases delving into the constitutionality of an attorney disciplinary rule limiting offensive comments and the proper way to plead class claims against Wesco Distribution Inc. over fees charged by its retirement plan administrator.
October 20, 2022
First Amendment attorney Zachary Greenberg shot back at a bid to reinstate a new anti-bias rule that would impose ethics penalties on lawyers who knowingly engage in racial and sexual discrimination, arguing in a court filing Thursday that the rule from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's attorney disciplinary board violates free speech.
September 14, 2022
Three Pennsylvania bar associations have asked the Third Circuit to overturn a ruling by a federal judge that found a new anti-discrimination rule for lawyers violated the First Amendment, calling the decision wrongheaded and based on purely speculative arguments.