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a) An attorney, or the attorney’s immediate family, retained by a consumer shall not have a financial interest in a consumer legal funding company offering consumer legal funding, and shall not provide consumer legal funding directly to a consumer. (

b) Any attorney who has referred the consumer to the consumer’s retained attorney shall not have a financial interest in a consumer legal funding company offering consumer legal funding to that consumer. (

c) An attorney retained by a consumer shall not disclose any privileged information to a legal funding company without the written consent of the consumer. Disclosing information to a legal funding company at the consumer’s request shall not otherwise void the attorney-client privilege. (

d) An attorney shall not compensate, promise, or give anything of value to a person for the purpose of recommending or securing the services of the attorney or the attorney’s law firm, except that an attorney may do the following:

(1) Pay the reasonable costs of advertisements or communications permitted by Rule 7.2 of the California Rules of Professional Conduct, or any successor rule.

(2) Pay the usual charges of a legal services plan or a qualified attorney referral service operating in accordance with the rules established by the state bar.

(3) Pay for a law practice operating in accordance with Rule 1.17 of the California Rules of Professional Conduct, or any successor rule.

(4) Refer clients to another attorney or a nonlawyer professional pursuant to an arrangement not otherwise prohibited by the California Rules of Professional Conduct or this chapter. (

e) Any attorney who violates this

section shall be subject to discipline by the State Bar of California.