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6) Outlawing contingency fees. 7) Lawyers forbidden from running from office. They are agents of the judiciary. 8) Most important: a total disempowerment of the bar associations. Lawyer discipline by true consumer control. Like any other industry.

Getting a bit silly there at the end, pal. This isn't China.

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The lawyer industry operates outside of the restrictions of normal business oversight. Bar association grievance committees are a sick joke and must be eliminated with public open consumer oversight.

AND ... contingency fees are considered grossly unethical and illegal in most democratic governments. Which is the way that it should be!