SCF Consulting, LLC v. Barrack, Rodos & Bacine

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

CHIEF JUSTICE SAYLOR

This appeal concerns the enforceability of an. asserted fee-splitting agreement between a law firm and a'lay entity.

Appellant SCF Consulting, LLC lodged a civil complaint against Appellee, the law-firm of Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, in the common pleas eourt. Appellánt averred that it had maintained a longstanding oral consulting agreement with the law firm, which the firm purportedly breached in 2014. According to Appellant, the arrangement, was for the solicitation of institutional investors to participate in- securities class…