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: Non-Lawyer Ownership
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
New York
The New York Commission to Reimagine the Future of NY Courts' Working Group on Regulatory Innovation has issued its report. The three main recommendations are: The provision of certain “legal” services and advocacy by trained and certified social workers should...Read More
Florida
On June 28th, 2021 the special committee to improve the delivery of legal services issued its final report entitled “FINAL REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO IMPROVE THE DELIVERY OF LEGAL SERVICES.” The Committee is recommending that Florida adopt a...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
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
Utah
On August 12, the Utah Supreme court authorized the Regulatory Sandbox proposed in April. The changes come via Standing Order 15 as well as modifications to Rules 5.4 and 7.1-7.5. The court also created a "Office of Legal Services Innovation"...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