81- year-old Manhattan attorney Bertram Brown was banished from the legal profession but authorities allege he’s continued to practice under three different aliases since his disbarment. (NY Post).
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There is no good reason that a government-sustained cartel should be able to decide who may practice law. If consumers want to take a chance with Bertram Brown that should be up to them.
That assumes that consumers are capable of determining the ability of Bertram Brown to practice law. If a consumer is unable to make an informed choice there exists a great potential for fraud.
What sort of society assumes that consumers are not able to determine what is in their best interest? Paternalist? Authoritarian? Totalitarian?
A society that recognizes an information imbalance?
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