Nathan M. Crystal, Enforcing Fee Splitting Rules: Equity Rather than Strict Compliance

South Carolina Lawyer 12 (May 2014)

Originally published as Ethics Watch: Enforcing Fee Splitting Rules: Equity Rather than Strict Compliance, South Carolina Lawyer 12 (May 2014)

Author discusses the basic principles applicable in case of coconseuling or referrals when lawyers, who are not members of a firm, split their fees.

 

Relevant Law: Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct 1.5(e)

 

Relevant Authorities:

  • Fohram v. Alberts, 2014 II. App. Lexis 152 (2014)
  • Post v Bregman, 707 A.2d 806 (Md. 1998)

 

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