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Fee Splitting
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From Big Law to Freelance Law Blog
Is Using a Freelance-Lawyer Platform “Fee-Splitting”? Let’s Clear That Up
Paying a platform for freelance legal services is generally treated as purchasing a service—not sharing a client’s legal fee with a nonlawyer. A law firm hires a freelance lawyer through…
Bressler Risk Blog
Ethics Opinion Updates — Festivus Opinion on Trusts Owning Law Firms, Client File Rules in Michigan, Fee Splitting Spotlighted, More on Non-lawyer Control of Law Firms
By Dan Bressler
“SBM issues ethics opinion on handling files after attorney and client part ways” — “The State Bar of Michigan’s Standing Committee on Professional Ethics issued a new ethics opinion offering…
From Big Law to Freelance Law Blog
Does Hiring Freelance Lawyers Through a Platform Violate Any Ethical Rules Prohibiting Fee-Splitting?
By Montagelegal
This blog post is the seventh in a series of eight updated posts summarizing the ethical rules that come into play when a law firm outsources legal work to a…
Rivkin Rounds
NY Court Finds Unlawful Fee Splitting in Practice Acquisition
The prohibition on fee splitting by professionals is alive and well in New York. The sale of a dental practice from one dentist to another was found to violate the state’s…
PracticePanther Blog
What to Know about Fee Splitting and Attorney Referral Fees
When an attorney learns more about a client’s case and discovers that it enters a realm of the law that they are not a specialist in, the attorney may then…
Legal Profession Blog
“Easy Money”
Preview of an oral argument held today before the Ohio Supreme CourtDisciplinary Counsel v. Omar F. Shaaban, Case No. 2023-0179Lucas CountyThe Board of Professional Conduct recommends that a Toledo attorney be…
Legal Profession Blog
No Automatic Reinstatement
The Indiana Supreme Court suspended an attorney without automatic reinstatementWe find that Respondent, Ralph W. Staples, engaged in attorney misconduct by dividing attorney fees without his client’s permission, disobeying court…
Rivkin Rounds
California Corporate Practice of Medicine Lawsuit Survives Motion to Dismiss
By Eric Fader
On May 27, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California refused to dismiss a lawsuit[1] brought against Envision Healthcare Corp. alleging violations of California’s corporate practice of…
Legal Profession Blog
Worth Twice As Much As Gloria Allred?
A recent complaint filed by the Illinois Administrator alleges conduct that one would be hard pressed to invent as an ethics exam question.The attorney allegedly agreed to represent a "romantic…
Legal Profession Blog
Negotiated Sanction Permitted In Reckless Misappropriation Cases
A significant - and welcome - decision by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals approves a negotiated sanction in a case involving misappropriation of entrusted fundsRespondent Paul T. Mensah…