By Angela Hatton /Associated Press
Louisville, KY – A federal judge has upheld a state rule restricting what lawyers can say publicly. U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves says the Kentucky Supreme Court's regulations on attorney speech are constitutional, even if they restrict some speech legally protected by the First Amendment. Reeves' decision comes in the case of attorney John M. Berry, who challenged the Kentucky Bar Association's ability to regulate what attorneys can say. The bar issued a warning letter to Berry in 2007 over comments he made criticizing the state's Legislative Ethics Commission.