Claude Lightfoot had been indicted by a federal grand jury in which he had been charged with helping a client conceal assets worth US$24,000 from creditors. But the Louisiana Supreme Court has announced that the charge will go away after a plea bargain in which he agreed to renounce his licence. Charles Plattsmier, chief disciplinary counsel for the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board, said: ‘It was a new one for me, frankly.’ But the prosecutors had felt, he added, that the ending of his practice would protect the public as his crimes came from his ability to practise. He had previously had his licence suspended for advising a judge client to mis-spell his name when filing for bankruptcy in order to avoid publicity. Source: ABA