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Disbar the Connecticut 5

Mark Bennett | November 6, 2009

No, not really. I don’t care whether they get disbarred or let off.
A lawyer can’t pay a nonlawyer for a referral. This is an uncontroversial proposition. In Connecticut, paying a nonlawyer for a referral can even be a felony. So when five Connecticut lawyers signed on to pay totalbankruptcy.com $65 per referral, they shouldn’t [...]