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IN RE RULE AMENDMENTS TO RULES

No. 2000-436-M.P.

815 A.2d 47 (2002)

In re RULE AMENDMENTS TO RULES 5.4(A) AND 7.2(C) OF THE RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

March 4, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth A. DelPadre, Vincent A. DiMonte, Robert Corrente Providence, Robert D. Oster, Lincoln, for plaintiff.

Lauren E. Jones, Providence, Edward H. Newman, Westerly, Kendra L. Beaver, Providence, for defendant.

Present WILLIAMS, C.J., LEDERBERG, BOURCIER, FLANDERS, and GOLDBERG, JJ.

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

The Ethics Advisory Panel and attorney Lauren Jones (hereinafter petitioners) have requested this Court to consider proposed amendments to Rules 5.4(a) and 7.2(c) of Article V of the Supreme Court Rules of Professional Conduct, which, if adopted, would permit lawyers to share court-awarded counsel fees or a settlement amount derived from a case that if litigated successfully would have been...

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