US Supreme Court Ruling Fuels Suits Challenging Mandatory Bar Fees
"You should expect to see similar lawsuits in more states in the near future," said Jacob Huebert of the Goldwater Institute in Arizona.
February 14, 2019 at 03:05 PM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
Mandatory bar dues are under attack in at least three court challenges that rely on the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down the requirement that nonunion public sector employees pay their “fair share” costs for collective bargaining.
The Supreme Court's ruling in Janus v. AFSCME revived one challenge and inspired others that confront whether state bar groups can require lawyers to pay annual fees. The justices in December remanded the case Fleck v. Wetch to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, a challenge to the mandatory fees that attorneys pay to the state bar of North Dakota.
“You should expect to see similar lawsuits in more states in the near future,” said Jacob Huebert of the Goldwater Institute in Arizona, which is at the forefront of two of the pending cases.
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