Surely you could structure it in a way to avoid this, if the third party picking up the tab wanted to. A contract for reimbursal, so the ex employee pays the la

Surely you could structure it in a way to avoid this, if the third party picking up the tab wanted to. A contract for reimbursal, so the ex employee pays the lawyer and gets money back from TC? There would be no implicit or explicit relationship between TC and the lawyer, just two two-way relationships.