The unknown outcome of 14 still-secret Ethics Commission finders fee investigations was a powerful motivator behind last week’s record $1.9 million settlement of the most prominent case, which involves two of Connecticut’s most influential lawyer-politicos.

Both sides, the State Ethics Commission and high-profile Democratic Party lawyers John F. Droney and Peter Kelly, have cleared the way for the better “ink” they crave — in the legal case books and in the press.

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