The answer is yes. The rule about commenting on trials or trial publicity is found at Rule of Professional Conduct 3.6. That rule appears to be limited to lawyers who are involved. Under Rule of Professional Conduct 3.6(a), the following is noted: “A lawyer who is participating or who has participated in the investigation or litigation of a matter shall not make an extrajudicial statement that the lawyer knows or reasonably should know will be disseminated by means of public communication and will have a substantial likelihood of materially prejudicing an adjudicative proceeding in the matter.”
Further, Rule 3.6(d) again notes the limitation to the rule, which states: “No lawyer associated in a firm or government agency with a lawyer subject to Paragraph A shall make a statement prohibited by Paragraph A.”
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