Practice question
A lawyer was publicly disbarred in a different case. A new disciplinary matter remains pending, and no separate authority for disclosure exists. Does the first case’s publication automatically remove confidentiality from the new matter?
- Only the old complainant controls the new file
- Yes; a lawyer can have only one confidential case
- Every later allegation automatically becomes proved
- The new investigator may ignore Section44
- No
Legal references
- CPRA, A.M.22-09-01-SC, CanonVI Sections1–3,11–12,18,28,31–32,37,42,44; primaryissuedtext visuallyread printed35–44,48,51: https://bir-cdn.bir.gov.ph/local/pdf/RMC%20No.%20123-2023%20Annex%20A.pdf
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