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Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY
CHAPTER 4 - Attorneys
ARTICLE 9.6 - Legal Aid Organizations
Section 6159.52.
Universal Citation: CA Bus & Prof Code § 6159.52 (2018)
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 person or organization is a legal aid organization subject to fair use principles for nominative, descriptive, or noncommercial use.
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 457, Sec. 3. (AB 590) Effective January 1, 2010.)
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