California approves rule mandating reporting of misconduct by other lawyers (similar to Model Rule 8.3)

 Last January I posted that California was moving closer to adopting a "self-reporting rule" a la Model Rule 8.3 (see here and here).

Today I am writing to report that the rule has now been officially adopted.  You can read the court order and the text of the approved rule here.

Lawyer Ethics Alert Blog has coverage here.

Ethical Grounds has a comment here.