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16 entriesSection 6090.5Establishes grounds for suspension, disbarment, or other discipline when a licensee solicits or seeks an agreement not to report misconduct or settlement…Section 6090.6Allows the State Bar ex parte access in discipline matters to nonpublic court records relevant to licensee competence or performance, notwithstanding sealing…Section 6090.8Requires a State Bar licensee with actual knowledge that another licensee conspired to commit or committed specified sedition, treason, rebellion, or insurrection…Section 6091Requires the State Bar to investigate a client complaint alleging mishandling of trust funds and permits an audit when warranted. At the…Section 6091.1Requires financial institutions holding attorney trust accounts to report properly payable instruments presented against insufficient funds, whether dishonored or paid; dishonored-item reports…Section 6091.2Defines “financial institution” as a bank, savings and loan, or other institution serving as a depository for specified attorney trust accounts; “properly…Section 6091.3Requires financial institutions, beginning with new trust accounts on January 1, 2026, to collect available State Bar license numbers and report known…Section 6091.4Requires State Bar licensees, registered limited liability partnerships, and law corporations to provide requested trust-property records during State Bar compliance reviews or…Section 6092Allows the State Bar to hire consultants, use an unpaid volunteer peer review committee, and take other appropriate steps to devise methods…Section 6092.5Requires the State Bar disciplinary system to notify specified courts, bar associations, and other jurisdictions of inactive enrollment, suspension, disbarment, reinstatement, and…Section 6093Allows any probation conditions reasonably serving the probation’s purposes when probation is imposed by the State Bar Court or agreed to through…Section 6093.5Requires the State Bar to acknowledge a written complaint within two weeks, notify the complainant in writing of its disposition and reasons,…Section 6094Establishes a privilege for communications to the State Bar about lawyer misconduct, disability, or competence, related investigative or proceeding communications, and testimony,…Section 6094.5Sets State Bar goals to resolve ordinary misconduct complaints within six months and complicated matters within 12 months, while excluding specified case…Section 6095Requires the State Bar to hold at least two public hearings each year, one in southern California and one in northern California,…Section 6095.1Requires the State Bar to compile attorney-complaint statistics beginning April 1, 2000 through March 31, 2001, issue a fairness report by June…