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Business and Professions Code § 6159.52

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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.)