Realtors expand ethical prohibition on racist & discriminatory speech
In an unexpected policy shift, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) announced at its annual conference in November [...]
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Panel requires review of three-time cap on exam attempts in case of nurse candidate who tested in “suboptimal” conditions
A candidate for licensing as a practical nurse who failed the entry examination a third time won an order to have her [...]
California virtual proctoring flags one third of remote bar exams
Nearly 36% of attorney candidates who sat for the October 2020 California bar exam, administered remotely, found their [...]
Following default judgment, court rejects maximum fines without separate analysis
In a December 21 decision, an appellate court in New Jersey upheld the license revocation of an insurance producer who [...]
Delay in prosecuting disciplinary charges will not result in their dismissal
The Supreme Court of Maine held November 17 that, although the state's Board of Osteopathic Medicine had waited at least [...]
Licensee not entitled to “effective counsel” in disciplinary case
A licensee was not entitled to effective assistance of counsel in a disciplinary case and a board could revoke a license [...]
Licensee’s failure to file appellant brief against board decision, after board appeals, dooms license defense
A Missouri nurse who won an initial judicial appeal of a license revocation lost the next round when her attorney failed to [...]
Court affirms suspension of licensee with fraud conviction 14 years before license expired
The Court of Appeals of Illinois, in a December 28 decision, upheld a decision by the state's Department of Financial and [...]
Missing page numbers no justification for dismissing appeal
An appeal by a physician whose application for reinstatement was denied by the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts was [...]
Requirement to revoke licenses of registered sex offenders does not mean they cannot apply for reinstatement
California law that requires the state's medical board to revoke the licenses of registered sex offenders but also appears [...]