In Sloan v. Allen, 323 A.3d 439 (D.C. 2024), the D.C. Court of Appeals considered, inter alia, whether a loan agreement “contained an unlawful usurious interest rate.” Id. at 441. The Court held that it did and thus the lender was precluded from recovering any interest pursuant to the agreement. However, the lender nonetheless was
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