California
On August 24, 2022, California legislature halts all regulatory innovation with the passage of AB-2958, effective immediately with an Urgency Clause adopted on August 22, 2022.
Category: Fee-Splitting
Florida
On June 2, 2022, The Supreme Court of Florida, on its own motion, amended Rule 5.4 allowing for "not for-profit legal service providers to organize as a corporation and to permit nonlawyers to serve on [a] not-for-profit legal service provider’s...Read More
Arizona
5.4, 5.7, and 7.2(b) were removed from the Arizona Rules of Professional Conduct effective January 1, 2021.
New York
In a new decision by the New York State Bar Association Commission on Professional Ethics (Opinion 1234 on December 7, 2021), New York attorneys, on a case-by-case basis, are allowed to co-counsel with firms that have nonlawyer ownership. Those firms...Read More
California
The State Bar of California has announced the Closing the Justice Gap Working Group to continue to the work of the Task Force on Access Through Innovation of Legal Services (ATILS). The working group is charged with addressing the following:...Read More
Utah
The Utah Sandbox has slightly altered the list of legal innovations that can be tested in the Utah Legal Sandbox. They will no longer be allowing referral fee models. From statement: It has become apparent, however, that the payment of...Read More
Arizona
The Arizona Supreme Court has made changes to rules important to legal innovation and access to justice. From the press release: The Court approved modifications to the court rules regulating the practice of law, which allows for two significant changes....Read More
Florida
The Florida Bar has created a Special Committee to Improve the Delivery of Legal Services. From the website: The mission of the Special Committee to Improve the Delivery of Legal Services (Special Committee) is to study whether and how the...Read More
Utah
The Utah Supreme Court has released proposed regulations for comment and review. This is part of their Regulatory Taskforce and Sandbox work. The bulk of the proposals are around Rule 5.4, which is the rule section generally prohibiting fee splitting...Read More