Austin’s Third Court of Appeals on Thursday refused to rehear a ruling that found attorneys could use the Texas anti-SLAPP law to dismiss lawyer discipline lawsuits.

By denying the State Bar of Texas Commission for Lawyer Discipline’s motion for a rehearing in Commission for Lawyer Discipline v. Rosales, it means the Third Court’s April opinion in the case will stand. Lawyers in the court’s jurisdiction will be able to file anti-SLAPP motions to dismiss to argue that a court should throw out their discipline cases, if they’re based on the right to free speech, freedom of assembly or freedom to petition the government.

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