{"meta":{"dataset":"law-firm-economy","title":"Law firm size, solos and receipts, by state: Census SUSB 2022, Nonemployer Statistics 2024 and Economic Census 2022","version":"1.0.0","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.23739997","doiUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23739997","conceptDoi":"10.5281/zenodo.23739996","license":"CC BY 4.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Source: Probative, Law firm size, solos and receipts, by state: Census SUSB 2022, Nonemployer Statistics 2024 and Economic Census 2022, version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23739997, licensed CC BY 4.0.","citation":"Probative. (2026). Law firm size, solos and receipts, by state: Census SUSB 2022, Nonemployer Statistics 2024 and Economic Census 2022 (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23739997","disclaimer":"Not legal advice. These are Census Bureau business statistics, kept for marketing planning. 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