![A view of a courtroom with empty benches, wooden furnishings, and windows allowing natural light. A view of a courtroom with empty benches, wooden furnishings, and windows allowing natural light.](https://www.lawcommentary.com/img/articles/pYqhgQgfy1iLscrJuk7x2f4oDsc805ONvFMvjmlZ.jpg?fit=crop&fm=jpg&h=111&w=111&signature=cc07c10fda4932b4372a27ed539be3641fd7e1581068eb599183b57f2a0f6dc0)
The State Bar of California adopted its Rules of Professional Conduct (CRPC) to regulate the behavior of lawyers who would be subject to discipline for willful violations. When a lawyer threatened to use the personal, confidential information he had obtained in a previous case against a former client who was... Read More »