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Jul. 21, 2017

Judge allows blogger to depose State Bar lawyer in retaliation case

Saying that a State Bar counsel misled him in a previous hearing about an attorney’s ability to get discovery in State Bar Court to defend against allegations there, U.S. District Judge William Alsup sanctioned the agency Thursday by allowing the lawyer to depose its the bar’s former interim chief trial counsel.

Saying that a State Bar counsel misled him in a previous hearing about an attorney’s ability to get discovery in State Bar Court to defend against allegations there, U.S. District Judge William Alsup sanctioned the agency Thursday.

Against the bar’s objections that the move was unprecedented, Alsup punished the agency by allowing the defendant lawyer to depose its former interim chief trial counsel.

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