A federal judge in New Mexico has struck down a state attorney ethics rule restricting federal prosecutors from subpoenaing lawyers to testify about past or existing clients in grand jury proceedings.
U.S. District Judge William Johnson, in a Feb. 3 opinion, found that the rule ran afoul of federal law governing grand jury proceedings, which are held in secret.
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