Restrictions On Right To Practice
New York Rules of Professional Conduct (22 NYCRR Part 1200)
(a) A lawyer shall not participate in offering or making: (1) a partnership, shareholder, 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 (2) an agreement in which a restriction on a lawyer’s right to practice is part of the settlement of a client controversy. (b) This Rule does not prohibit restrictions that may be included in the terms of the sale of a law practice pursuant to Rule 1.17.
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