OSU Football Scandal Fallout: Buckeye Lawyer License Busted For One Year

The National Law Journal reports that yesterday the Ohio Supreme Court suspended the license of attorney Christopher Cicero for one year because he shared with Buckeye coach Jim Tressel information from a potential client about the impending scandal. Cicero is a former walk-on OSU linebacker.  The penalty was twice what the Ohio Office of Disciplinary Counsel had recommended, and one Justice dissented from the order, in favor of the lower recommended sanction. Here's the order. (PDF)