§ Rule 4-5.6 Restrictions on Right to Practice

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Rule 4-5.6. Restrictions on Right to Practice

    A lawyer shall not participate in offering or making:

    (a) a partnership, shareholders, operating, employment, or other similar type of agreement that restricts the rights 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.