On October 24, the District of Columbia Office of the Attorney General (the “DCAG”) announced that it entered into a $500,000 settlement with a title insurance company following an investigation, alleging that the company engaged in an illegal kickback scheme. Specifically, the DCAG determined that the title company offered real estate agents discounted ownership interests and profit-sharing in entities created specifically for the purpose of incentivizing those agents to make business referrals to the title company.
