When automobile clubs and trade unions offered group legal service plans in order to take advantage of group purchasing power, lawyers attacked those plans as compromising professional independence [7]. (slaw.ca)
Do we enjoy professional independence and the responsibility that goes with it? (jdblissblog.com)
Comment One to Rule 5.4 (a) notes that the Rule places a limitation on the sharing of fees between lawyers and nonlawyers «to protect the lawyer's professional independence of judgment.» (lawyerist.com)