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Ill. RPC 5.6
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Rule 5.6 Restrictions on Right to Practice
Article VIII: Rules of Professional Conduct
Rule Text
A lawyer shall not participate in offering or making:
(a) a partnership, shareholders, operating, employment, or other similar type of agreement that restricts the right of a lawyer to practice after termination of the relationship, except an agreement concerning benefits upon retirement; or b) an agreement in which a restriction on the lawyer’s right to practice is part of the settlement of a client controversy.
Amendment history: Adopted July 1, 2009, effective January 1, 2010.