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p0435 REVIEW DENIED Although the law prohibits charging an unlawful rate of interest, it does not prohibit paying an unlawful rate, so an attorney retained by a borrower to prepare a promissory note agreeing to pay an allegedly usurious rate of interest was not subject to disqualification for violating Rules of Professional Conduct rule 3210, which prohibits advising the violation of a law.CitationHETOS v KURTIN (Attorney Disqualification) 110 CA4 36 [See: R of PC 3210; Peo ex rel Dept of Corps v SpeeDee 20 C4 1135; SCIF v WPS 70 CA4 644, T/AT 4/99; Koo v. Rubio's 109 CA4 719, P/AT 7/03]
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