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SUPREME COURT BACKS FLORIDA BAR

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The Florida Supreme Court discharged the order to show cause issued on June 23rd, 2008, in the matter of THE FLORIDA BAR vs. SEAN WILLIAM CONWAY, which stated:The parties are hereby directed to show cause on or before July 14, 2008, whether any of respondent's comments should be considered protected speech under the First Amendment (i.e., whether respondent had an objectively reasonable basis in fact for making the statements) and whether the facts as found by the referee constitute a violation of rule 4-8.2(a). See Fla. Bar v. Ray, 797 So.2d 556 (Fla. 2001) (noting that attorneys? comments "play an important role in exposing valid problems within the judicial system").Additionally, the Supreme Court approved yesterday the uncontested Report of Referee and the Conditional Guilty Plea for Consent Judgment...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on October 30, 2008 (boomark / email).