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This month’s legal ethics column discusses the recent decision of a divided Supreme Court of Ohio in Cleveland Metro. Bar Ass’n. v. Morton, which illuminates the line between politically protected speech and the kind of “undignified and discourteous statements degrading a tribunal” that violate the Rules of Professional Conduct.

It can be startling to learn that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or a state securities regulator is conducting an investigation of your company, senior management, board members or employees. The first contact from a regulator can take many forms.