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MARYLAND RULES OF PROCEDURE
TITLE 16 - COURTS, JUDGES, AND ATTORNEYS
CHAPTER 700 - DISCIPLINE AND INACTIVE STATUS OF ATTORNEYS
AMEND Rule 16-723 to add language to subsection (b)(1)
clarifying that a complaint is confidential, to correct a
reference to a certain subsection, and to add a new section (d)
concerning notice by Bar Counsel to the Court of Appeals and to
the Commission under certain circumstances, and to make certain
stylistic changes, as follows:
Rule 16-723. CONFIDENTIALITY
. . .
(b) Other Confidential Proceedings and Records Matters
Except as otherwise provided in these Rules, the following
records and proceedings are confidential and not open to public
inspection or disclosure:
(1) the records of an investigation by Bar Counsel, including
the existence and content of any complaint;
(2) the records and proceedings of a Peer Review Panel;
(3) information that is the subject of a protective order;
(4) the contents of a warning issued by Bar Counsel pursuant
to Rule 16-735 (b), but the fact that a warning was issued shall
be disclosed to the complainant;
(5) the contents of a prior private reprimand or Bar Counsel
reprimand pursuant to the Attorney Disciplinary Rules in effect
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