Title BPC — California Bus. & Prof. Code

It is the intent of the Legislature that the authorization of an Attorney Diversion and Assistance Program not be construed as limiting or altering the powers of the Supreme Court of this state to disbar or discipline licensees of the State Bar.

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Immigration reform act” means either of the following: (1) Any pending or future act of Congress that is enacted after October 5, 2013, that authorizes an undocumented immigrant who entered the United States with…

This article shall apply to the following: (a) An attorney who is an active licensee of the State Bar who provides immigration reform act services. (b) An attorney who is not an active licensee of the State Bar, but who meets both of the following: (1) The attorney is authorized …

(a) It is unlawful for an attorney to demand or accept the advance payment of any funds from a person for immigration reform act services in connection with any of the following: (1) An immigration reform act as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 6240, before …

(a) (1) When a contract for legal services is required in writing pursuant to Section 6148, or is subject to Section 1632 of the Civil Code, an attorney providing immigration reform act services shall provide a written notice informing the client that he or she may report complai…

(a) “Charges” means the amount of money to be paid to the consumer legal funding company by or on behalf of the consumer, above the funded amount provided by or on behalf of the company to a California consumer pursuant to this article. Charges include all administrative, origina…

(a) (1) All consumer legal funding transactions shall be codified in a written contract. (2) If the consumer legal funding contract was negotiated in a language other than English, the consumer shall be provided a copy of the contract in both English and the language in which the…

(a) All contracts for a consumer legal funding transaction shall disclose material terms to the consumer, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (1) Clear and conspicuous language, on the first page of the contract, detailing all of the following: (A) The funded amo…

The contracted amount to be paid to the consumer legal funding company shall be a predetermined amount based upon intervals of time from the funding date through the resolution date, and shall not be determined as a percentage of the recovery from the legal claim.

(a) A consumer legal funding company shall be prohibited from doing any of the following: (1) Paying or offering to pay commissions, referral fees, or other forms of consideration to any attorney, law firm, or any of their employees for referring a consumer to the company. (2) Ac…

The contingent right to receive an amount of the potential proceeds of a legal claim is assignable by a consumer.

(a) An attorney, or the attorney’s immediate family, retained by a consumer shall not have a financial interest in a consumer legal funding company offering consumer legal funding, and shall not provide consumer legal funding directly to a consumer. (b) Any attorney who has refer…