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Imagine how difficult it would be to hire a ferengi lawyer to sue your ferengi accountant. shudders
Although this would be a densely layered and hilariously pedantic scenario, I kind of doubt that Ferenginar has lawyers, as such.
Obviously someone must arbitrate disputes but I wonder if it wouldn't just be like;
Plantif: I want to file suit against my accountant!
Counsel: Alright - My consulting fee is 70 slips a minute.
Plantif: Fine - My accountant embezzled from me!
Counsel: And you just let him? There's no case here. By the way, I charge by the hour; that'll be 2 bars 2 strips. Next client!
I would imagine that they do. Ferenginar still has rules and things that you must abide by even when gaining a profit, or else they would have no need of the commerce authority to act as a regulatory body in the first place.
An embezzlement case might involve you paying your counsel more if they can recover a portion of your money through the legal system, winding their way through regulations, or having their own tricks to get it back.
Lawyers are also good for more than suits. A Ferengi business might have one on hand for dealing with all of those complicated laws, so they can focus their lobes on the business itself, instead of being mired in paperwork.
This analysis brings to mind the Liaden of Sharon Lee and Steve Miller’s Korval (TM) books.
Liaden society has a profession called quendra that are a mix of accountants, lawyers and commercial adjudicators. It’s also a society based on ‘balance’ counting-coup where everyone, all their lives, is keeping score in everyone else. Even Ferengi might be horrified.