In a move that could reshape how law firms engage with legal tech vendors, the State Bar of Texas has proposed new ethical guidelines that would significantly limit revenue-sharing arrangements …
The Wall Street Journal has called litigation financing the “new hot law job.” See Sara Randazzo, The New Hot Law Job: Litigation Finance (July 5, 2018). Others have extolled its virtues, including …
On June 21, 2017, the New Jersey Supreme Court joined Ohio, South Carolina, and Pennsylvania and said “no” to Avvo Advisor, a pay-for-service lawyer referral plan that is available in Louisiana. See …
Rule 1.5(e) permits lawyers who are not in the same law firm to divide legal fees, subject to certain requirements. See ABA Model Rule of Prof’l Conduct R. 1.5(e); La. Rules …
The ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility on April 21, 2016, issued a formal opinion addressing whether a lawyer may share a legal fee on a matter when …
A Nevada federal district court refused to dismiss a lawyer’s breach of contract claim against another lawyer for their failure to comply with the fee-sharing provisions of Rule 1.5(e). See Grasso v. …
