Brandon v. Newman

How courts have described this case

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• upholding trial court’s ruling that state bar disciplinary provisions establish public policy of disapproving of fee-sharing agreements with nonlawyers
• upholding trial court’s ruling that state bar disciplinary provisions establish public policy of disapproving of fee-sharing agreements with nonlawyers
• voiding an attorney referral reward based on a fee- 10 splitting agreement that violated the Disciplinary Standards of Conduct of the ABA’s Code of Professional Responsibility, concluding that the agreement was contrary to public policy
• whether retainer agreement is contrary to public policy is a question of law; errors of law are “freely reviewable”

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