On September 15, the National Association for the Advancement of Multijurisdictional Practice (NAAMJP) filed a writ of certiorari petition appealing a D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision affirming local rules that bar out-of-state attorneys from practicing before Washington, D.C.’s federal court if they are not admitted to the bar where their law firm is based. NAAMJP argues that these rules are discriminatory and “deliberately sidestep the rule of law and binding precedent.” Prohibition