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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6159.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6159.2
(a) Nothing in this article shall be deemed to limit or preclude enforcement of any other provision of law, or of any court rule, or of the State Bar Rules of Professional Conduct. (b) Nothing in this article shall limit the right of advertising protected under the Constitution o
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6159.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6159.5
The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Legal aid programs provide a valuable service to the public by providing free legal services to the poor. (b) Private, for-profit organizations that have no lawyers have been using the name “legal aid” in order t
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6159.51
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6159.51
For purposes of this article, “legal aid organization” means a nonprofit organization that provides civil legal services for the poor without charge.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6159.52
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6159.52
It is unlawful for any person or organization to use the term “legal aid,” “legal aide,” or any confusingly similar name in any firm name, trade name, fictitious business name, or any other designation, or on any advertisement, letterhead, business card, or sign, unless the perso
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6159.53
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6159.53
(a) Any consumer injured by a violation of Section 6159.52 may file a complaint and seek injunctive relief, restitution, and damages in the superior court of any county in which the defendant maintains an office, advertises, or is listed in a telephone directory. (b) A person who
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6160
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6160
A law corporation is a corporation which is registered with the State Bar of California and has a currently effective certificate of registration from the State Bar pursuant to the Professional Corporation Act, as contained in Part 4 (commencing with Section 13400) of Division 3
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6161
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6161
An applicant for registration as a law corporation shall supply to the State Bar all necessary and pertinent documents and information requested by the State Bar concerning the applicant’s plan of operation, including, but not limited to, a copy of its articles of incorporation,
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6161.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6161.1
Each law corporation shall renew its certificate of registration annually at a time to be fixed by the State Bar and shall pay a fee therefor which shall be fixed by the State Bar in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 6163.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6161.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6161.2
All fees for registration and renewal paid pursuant to Sections 6161 and 6161.1 shall be paid into the treasury of the State Bar and shall be used for its regulatory and disciplinary purposes.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6162
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6162
Within such time as the State Bar may by rule provide, the law corporation shall report in writing to the State Bar any change in directors, officers, employees performing professional services and share ownership, and amendments to its articles of incorporation and bylaws.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6163
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6163
(a) Each law corporation shall file with the State Bar annually and at such other times as the State Bar may require a report containing such information pertaining to qualification and compliance with the statutes, rules, and regulations referred to in Section 6127.5 as the Stat
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6165
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6165
Except as provided in Sections 13403 and 13406 of the Corporations Code, each director, shareholder, and each officer of a law corporation shall be a licensed person as defined in the Professional Corporation Act, or a person licensed to render the same professional services in t
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6166
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6166
The income of a law corporation attributable to professional services rendered while a shareholder is a disqualified person (as defined in the Professional Corporation Act) shall not in any manner accrue to the benefit of such shareholder or his shares in the law corporation.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6167
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6167
A law corporation shall not do or fail to do any act the doing of which or the failure to do which would constitute a cause for discipline of a licensee of the State Bar, under any statute, rule, or regulation now or hereafter in effect. In the conduct of its business, it shall o
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6168
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6168
(a) The State Bar may conduct an investigation of the conduct of the business of a law corporation. (b) Upon that investigation, the Board of Trustees, or a committee authorized by it, shall have power to issue subpoenas, administer oaths, examine witnesses, and compel the produc
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6169
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6169
(a) When there is reason to believe that a law corporation has violated or is about to violate any of the provisions of this article or the Professional Corporation Act or of any other pertinent statute, rule, or regulation, the State Bar may issue a notice directing the corporat
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6170
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6170
Any action of the State Bar or the Board of Trustees or a committee of the State Bar, or the chief executive officer of the State Bar or the designee of the chief executive officer, provided for in this article, may be reviewed by the Supreme Court by petition for review pursuant
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6171
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6171
With the approval of the Supreme Court, the State Bar may formulate and enforce rules and regulations to carry out the purposes and objectives of this article, including rules and regulations requiring all of the following: (a) That the articles of incorporation or bylaws of a la
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6171.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6171.1
Six months and one day following the death of a sole shareholder of a law corporation, the certificate of registration of the law corporation shall be deemed canceled by operation of this section. However, the certificate may be sooner canceled by receipt in the State Bar office
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6172
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6172
Nothing in this article shall be construed as affecting or impairing the disciplinary powers and authority of the Supreme Court or of the State Bar in respect of conduct of licensees of the State Bar nor modifying the statutes and rules governing such conduct, except as expressly
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6173
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6173
(a) (1) The State Bar shall create a program to certify alternative dispute resolution firms, providers, or practitioners. (2) A program created pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not require a firm, provider, or practitioner to be a licensee of the State Bar in order to be certifie
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6174
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6174
Pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 16953 of the Corporations Code, a limited liability partnership providing legal services shall comply with all administrative or filing requirements of the State Bar, including, but not limited to, the payment of fees, and all rules and regu
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6174.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6174.5
At the time of filing an Application for Issuance of a Certificate of Registration as a Limited Liability Partnership pursuant to the Rules of the State Bar, an applicant for registration shall also file with the State Bar a separate form stating that the limited liability partne
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6175
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6175
As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Lawyer” means a licensee of the State Bar or a person who is admitted and in good standing and eligible to practice before the bar of any United States court or the highest court of the District of Columbia or any sta
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6175.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6175.3
A lawyer, while acting as a fiduciary, may sell financial products to a client who is an elder or dependent adult with whom the lawyer has or has had, within the preceding three years, an attorney-client relationship, if the transaction or acquisition and its terms are fair and r