For those of us who remember the original, a recently proposed Justice Department regulation that effectively would exempt its attorneys from state bar professional regulation feels like the reboot of an unloved 1990s television drama.
New DOJ Ethics Proposal Reads As Attempt to Avenge McDade Amendment Loss
The Department of Justice's March 2026 proposed rule, which state bar associations, former grievance attorneys, and political advocates frame as a power grab by the current administration, represents an attempt to re-open a long-ago resolved feud between the DOJ and the states over who regulates the ethical conduct of federal prosecutors.

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