Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Sep. 4, 2026
Protecting consumers and maintaining the integrity of the legal profession
AB 931 strengthens protections for California consumers by restricting attorney fee sharing with nonlawyers and imposing new disclosure and conduct requirements on litigation funding companies and attorneys.
Casey R. Johnson
Partner
Aitken Aitken Cohn
3 MacArthur Place
Santa Ana , CA 92707
Email: casey@aitkenlaw.com
On Oct.10, 2025, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 931 into law, which took effect Jan. 1, 2026. Authored by Assemblyman Ash Kalra and sponsored by the Consumer Attorneys of California, AB 931 closed potential loopholes that could be exploited in two specific areas.
First, AB 931 explicitly prohibits private equity companies and other nonlawyers from receiving attorneys' fees for cases handled in California involving California plaintiffs subject to a few, na...
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