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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="10-604" title_number="10" title_name="Lawyers" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts; Penalties">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Law enforcement agency” means an agency that is listed in § 3–101(e) of the Public Safety Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Motor vehicle accident” has the meaning stated in § 27–401 of the Insurance Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Report” means a report completed by a police officer of a law enforcement agency that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>indicates that a motor vehicle accident occurred; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>includes information about a person involved in the motor vehicle accident, including the person’s name, telephone number, and address.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Without an existing relationship or interest in an issue:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a person may not, for personal gain, solicit another person to sue or to retain a lawyer to represent the other person in a lawsuit;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a person who is not a lawyer may not, for personal gain, access a report for the purpose of soliciting another person to sue or to retain a lawyer to represent the other person; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a lawyer, except as provided in the Rules of Professional Conduct, may not:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>for personal gain, solicit another person to sue or to retain the lawyer to represent the person in a lawsuit;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>directly or indirectly employ or in any way compensate or agree to employ or compensate any person as an expert witness or otherwise for the purpose of having that person solicit or attempt to solicit clients for the lawyer;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>knowingly represent a person who retained the lawyer as a result of solicitation prohibited under this section; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>cause a case to be instituted without the authority of a client.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Any solicitation involving acts described in this section is prima facie evidence that the person soliciting is acting for gain.</text>
  </level>
</section>
