Media company Al-Jazeera America found itself in a tricky situation this week, when The New York Times reported that the company’s general counsel, David Harleston, appears not to be licensed to practice law in New York state, where AJAM is headquartered, or in anywhere else in the U.S. It’s unclear why Harleston, a Yale Law grad who passed the bar exam for New York but never actually was admitted to practice, didn’t get licensed. But on learning of the issue, AJAM suspended the general counsel and opened up an investigation.
Getting caught lawyering without a license at a large, sophisticated media company such as AJAM is unusual. Normally, the issue of licensing comes up more often when in-house lawyers change jobs or do work in a new jurisdiction and may need to fulfill certain requirements to practice there.
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