Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Oct. 11, 2013
Brown vetoes bill to punish unauthorized practice of law
AB 888 would have expanded the State Bar's authority to regulate those practicing law illegally.
By Paul Jones
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday vetoed AB 888 by Assemblyman Roger Dickinson, D-Sacramento, which would have given the State Bar of California the authority to collect financial penalties and fees from people sued by the bar for practicing law illegally.
The bar, which sponsored the bill, argued it needed the authority to better combat unauthorized law practitioners, while opponents, including paralegals, worried it would cre...
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