January 16, 2019 - Legal Ethics Advisor

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Fee-Sharing with Non-Lawyers? California is Considering It

by Samantha Iglesias in Attorneys Fees, fee sharing with non lawyers, Legal Services, Professionalism, Referral Services, Rules of Professional Conduct. Posted January 16, 2019

The State Bar of California has convened a 23-member commission, the Task Force on Access Through Innovation of Legal Services, to consider how access to justice can be increased with technology.

[…] of a non-binding advisory opinion, as has been the case with other jurisdictions such as, Florida, San Francisco, and Delaware, it is important to note that Ohio went a step further and amended its rule regarding […]

Remote Lawyering: New Jersey and Ohio On Board - Legal Ethics Advisor on Remote Work: San Francisco Bar Association Advice in Ethics Opinion 2021-1
Not all jurisdictions have adopted the Model Rule version of the choice of law rule; seems like there might be a different result in at least some of those states. See, e.g., NY RPC 8.5(b)(2)(i) ("If the lawyer is licensed to practice only in this state, the rules to be applied shall be the rules of this state").

Art Lachman on ABA Opinion 499 Green Lights Lawyers’ Passive Investment in Firms with NonLawyer Ownership

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