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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Jul. 17, 2026

County renews bid to share abuse settlement records with State Bar

Los Angeles County renewed its bid to share confidential settlement records with the State Bar while abuse plaintiffs sought discovery into overlapping claims in two multimillion-dollar settlements.

Los Angeles County renewed its effort to let the California State Bar obtain confidential Downtown LA Law Group client records as part of an ongoing attorney misconduct investigation tied to last year's landmark $4 billion settlement of childhood sexual abuse claims at county-run facilities.

Separately, abuse victims in a related $828 million county settlement submitted supplemental briefing identifying the legal theories they contend support lifting a discovery stay so they ...

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