State ex rel. Nebraska State Bar Ass'n v. Richards

In these disciplinary proceedings against two lawyers, relator alleged that respondents had violated Canon 38, Canons: of Professional Ethics, which reads: “A lawyer should accept no compensation, commissions, rebates or other advantages from others without the knowledge and consent of his client after full disclosure.” Evidentiary hearings were followed by findings of fact and conclusions of law against respondents on all counts of the complaints. Respondents excepted to the report of the referee.

*185Contentions that respondents obeyed Canon 38 run as follows: (1) The canon is ambiguous. (2)…