Opinion
May 18, 1994.
ORDER
This matter is before the Court upon petition of the South Carolina Bar seeking amendment of the comment to Rule 7.2, Rule 407. The petition states that the amendment is requested to eliminate concern of some Bar members that remittances under the Lawyer Referral Service Rules as revised at the meeting of the House of Delegates on January 21, 1994, are not permitted under Rule 407.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the comment to Rule 7.2, Rule 407 is amended by adding the following sentence as the fifth sentence in the last paragraph of that comment.
"Usual fees" may include a portion of legal fees collected by an attorney from clients referred by the service when that portion of fees is collected to support the expenses projected for the referral service,.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the amendment shall be effective immediately.
Columbia, South Carolina