Effective January 5, 2010, the Louisiana Supreme Court amended certain procedural rules governing Louisiana lawyer disciplinary proceedings. More particularly, the court amended LASC Rule 19, section 18(B) as follows:

1. To prohibit dispositive motions by the respondent “such as those seeking summary judgment or dismissal prior to completion of the evidintiary record on both charges and defenses”; and,
2. To provide that the “[n]o provision of the Louisiana Code of Evidence shall prevent the introduction of sworn testimony from administrative proceedings, civil or criminal trials, or hearings of a contradictory nature where the respondent has cross-examined or had the opportunity to cross-examine the witness whose testimony is sought to be introduced.”