Lawyers are not happy with the proposed law
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Newser reports that lawyers in California are upset by a proposed new law that would ban any sexual relations between lawyers and their clients.
According to the report, a state bar commission has proposed California join 17 other states that have already banned sex between lawyers and clients with the exception of pre-existing relationships.
Anyone found violating the law could have their legal license revoked. Under the existing law, sex is prohibited if the lawyer-client sexual relations cause the lawyer to “perform legal services incompetently” or if sex has been demanded “incident to or as a condition of any professional representation.”
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Proponents of the bill claim that it is ethically wrong for lawyers to sleep with their clients because clients are vulnerable in situations that would require a lawyer. The proposed law has drawn the ire of some lawyers that say it should not discipline lawyers who want to have sexual relations with a consenting adult.
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