While a comparatively small legal market, Arizona's push to allow nonlawyers to practice law could open the door for larger, more influential markets to do the same.
Businessman handovering paycheck. Photo: Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock.com As Arizona passed Rule 5.4 last week, allowing for non-attorneys to have economic interest in legal firms and allow for nonlawyer fee sharing, another significant change in the state's laws was made centered around who can practice and financially benefit from the law.
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