Legal Opinion
Moran v. Harris
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 20, 1982No. Civ. 22798PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WIENER, J.
In Altschul v. Sayble (1978) 83 Cal.App.3d 153 [147 Cal.Rptr. 716], fee splitting contracts between lawyers were held to be unearned forwarding fee arrangements and unenforceable as being contrary to public policy. This appeal presents the same question under somewhat different circumstances. At the time Altschul was decided, Rules of Professional Conduct, rule 2-108 1 prohibited fee splitting between attorneys except to the extent that each attorney performed services and/or assumed responsibility for the case. Effective January 1, 1979, the California Supreme Court approved…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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