California Takes Up Law Firm Ownership Fight After ABA Sidesteps

California lawmakers are set to vote before the end of the month on legislation that would allow the California bar to test new legal service models to make them more affordable. An amended version of the bill would still prevent non-lawyer companies from co-owning firms, however, and ban the sharing of legal fees with non-lawyers, thus preventing firms from going public or taking investments from litigation funders and others. Despite these developments, William Farrell Jr. of Longford Capital still predicts that California will eventually loosen its regulations.