Lawyer fined, cited for revealing Rowling's pen name

Britain's Solicitors Regulation Authority has fined attorney Chris Gossage $1,650 for revealing J.K. Rowling wrote "The Cuckoo's Calling" under a pseudonym. Gossage told his wife's best friend the Harry Potter scribe penned the novel under the name of Robert Galbraith and the woman spilled the secret to a journalist via Twitter last summer. In addition to the fine, the SRA also issued a written rebuke to Gossage, a partner at Russells Solicitors, for breaching privacy regulations, the BBC said. Rowling accepted the law firm's apology and was paid undisclosed damages, which she donated to charity. Source: UPI