Section 8-A2504. PROHIBITION AGAINST CONTINGENT FEES

 

2504.1A contractor may not offer to pay any fee or other consideration that is contingent on the making of a contract.

 

2504.2An employee of the School of Law may not solicit or secure, or offer to solicit or secure, a contract for which the employee is paid or is to be paid any fee or other consideration contingent on the making of the contract between the employee and any other person.

 

2504.3Each contract executed on behalf of the School of Law shall contain the following prohibition against contingent fees:

 

"The contractor warrants that no person or selling agency has been employed or retained to solicit or secure the contract upon an agreement or understanding for a commission, percentage, brokerage, or contingent fee, excepting bona fide employees or bona fide established commercial or selling agencies maintained by the contractor for the purpose of securing business. For any breach or violation of this warranty, the School of Law shall have the right to terminate the contract without liability or in its discretion to deduct from the contract price or consideration, or otherwise recover, the full amount of the commission, percentage, brokerage, or contingent fee."

 

2504.4Each solicitation issued by the School of Law shall include language giving prospective contractors notice of the prohibition set forth in §2504.3.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 5822 (July 29, 1988).