*1 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT SCF CONSULTING, LLC, : No. 347 EAL 2016
: Petitioner : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from : the Order of the Superior Court v. :
: : BARRACK, RODOS & BACINE, :
: Respondent : ORDER PER CURIAM
AND NOW , this 1st day of February, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED , LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to all remaining issues. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is:
Whether the Trial Court and Superior Court erred in sustaining [Respondent’s] demurrer to all [c]ounts of [Petitioner’s] Complaint, where, even assuming arguendo that the Compensation Plan was in violation of R.P.C. 5.4, Pennsylvania law, public policy and the interests of justice require such an agreement to be enforced because an attorney must not be shielded from liability, nor financially rewarded for violating the Rules of Professional Conduct[?]
Justice Mundy did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.