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SEC Public Statement: Washington State Bar Association's Proposed Statement on the Effect of the SEC's Attorney Conduct Rules (G.P. Prezioso)
In opining that the Washington RPC 1.6 bars attorney disclosures permitted by Section 205.3(d)(2) of the Commission's rules, however, the Proposed Interim Formal Opinion is inconsistent with prevailing Supreme Court precedent. The Court has consistently upheld the authority of federal agencies to implement rules of conduct that diverge from and supersede state laws that address the same conduct. See, e.g., Sperry v. State of Florida , 373 U.S. 379 (1963) (Florida could not enjoin non-lawyer registered to practice before the Patent and Trademark Office from prosecuting patent applications in Florida, even though non-lawyer's actions constituted unauthorized practice of law under Florida bar rules). In particular, where, as here, a conflict arises because a state rule prohibits an attorney from exercising the discretion provided by a federal regulation, the federal regulation will take priority. See Fidelity Fed Sav. & Loan Ass'n v. de la Cuesta , 458 U.S. 141, 155 (1982) (holding that ... [Read More]
Dan Gelber :: Florida House Of Representatives
Wife, Joan Silverstein, Federal Prosecutor; Brother-in-law, John Barker, Florida Assistant Attorney General; Father, Seymour Gelber, Mayor of Miami Beach 1991-1997, Circuit Judge, Miami-Dade 1974-1989, Legislative Aide to State Senator Joe Eaton 1957-1959 ... [Read More]
SOFIA - Pleistocene Barrier Bar Seaward of Ooid Shoal Complex Near Miami, Florida
Although this barrier bar shares morphologic similarities with many quartz sand barrier bars, caution must be taken when pushing the analogy to include origin and evolution of the bar. The barrier bar under discussion consists almost entirely of oolite material that probably formed on nearby ooid shoals or on the bar itself. This is in contrast to quartz sand barrier bars, which commonly are composed of sand derived from tens or hundreds of kilometers away. Another contrast results from differences in geographic setting. Holocene quartz sand bars commonly are a few kilometers from the shoreline, whereas this carbonate barrier bar developed with a broad, shallow-carbonate platform separating it from the Gulf of Mexico on the west and a rather narrow shelf between it and the Straits of Florida on the east. This apparently occurred during a high sea-level stand about 120,000 years B.P. ( Osmond et al, 1965 ). Finally, many quartz sand barrier bars have migrated landward to their present p ... [Read More]
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