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Ethics Divide Deepens Over Interacting With Non-Atty Owners

By Emma Cueto

A recent South Carolina legal ethics decision prohibiting attorney fee-sharing with firms owned by nonlawyers and the advancement this week of similar state legislation in Illinois underscore the emerging divide over the rising interest in outside investment in the legal industry.

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