Many managers will want their lawyers to accompany them nationally and internationally. The California Supreme Court dragged the legal profession back a couple of hundred years. As a result, businesses may need more than one lawyer or law firm. Companies may need counsel by the dozen. Unauthorized practice of law was at the heart of the California case.
Unauthorized practice is legal work done by people without state licenses.
When that happens, the public is at risk. However, unauthorized practice also occurs when a lawyer licensed in one state works in another. ESQ Business Services Inc. The company assigned its lawyers to review an agreement with Tandem Computers for software development and marketing. Not long after, the Sandhu family organized a second corporation with the same name in California. Kamal's brother, Iqbal, headed the West Coast firm.