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What If ...? The Consequences Of Court Invalidation Of Lawyer-Accountant Multidisciplinary Partnership (Mdp) Bans, Laurel S. Terry, Clasina Houtman Mahoney

Laurel S. Terry

This article was written about the lower court decision that led to the European Court of Justice’s Wouters MDP case. It It includes a translation of the lower court decision. It explores the consequences that might occur if a court, such as the Dutch Council of State or the Texas Supreme Court, were to invalidate existing prohibitions on partnerships between lawyers and accountants, which are referred to here as multidisciplinary partnerships or MDPs. The article begins with an overview of the MDP phenomenon. It includes the responses of various bar associations to the MDP phenomenon. It summarizes Wouters et. al …