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California Financing Law | The Department of Business Oversight

By Letitia Denham 4 weeks ago

Responsible Small Dollar Loans Pilot Program

Senate Bill 318 (Chap. 467, Stats. 2013) was signed into law on October 1, 2013 and is operative January 1, 2014. The bill created the Pilot Program for Increased Access to Responsible Small Dollar Loans (RSDL) to increase the availability of responsible small dollar installment loans of at least $300 but less than $2,500. Finance lenders who are licensed underthe CFLL and approved by the Commissioner of Business Oversight (Commissioner) to participate in the program may charge specified alternative interest rates and charges, including an administrative fee and delinquency fees, on loans of at least $300 but less than $2,500, subject to certain requirements. Licensees participating in the program are also permitted to use the services of a finder as defined in Section 22371 of the Financial Code.

Licensees under the former pilot program for affordable credit-building opportunities:

Effective January 1, 2014, Senate Bill

Law legal definition of law

By Letitia Denham 1 month ago

Law

A body of rules of conduct of binding legal force and effect, prescribed, recognized, and enforced by controlling authority.

In U.S. law, the word law refers to any rule that if broken subjects a party to criminal punishment or civil liability. Laws in the United States are made by federal, state, and local legislatures, judges, the president, state governors, and administrative agencies.

Law in the United States is a mosaic of statutes, treaties, case law, Administrative Agency regulations, executive orders, and local laws. U.S. law can be bewildering because the laws of the various jurisdictions—federal, state, and local—are sometimes in conflict. Moreover, U.S. law is not static. New laws are regularly introduced, old laws are repealed, and existing laws are modified, so the precise definition of a particular law may be different in the future from what it is today.

The U.S. Constitution

The highest law in the United

19 Top California Law Schools (2020 Rankings)

By Letitia Denham 1 month ago

top california law schools in 2020 Below you will find a list of top California Law Schools approved by the American Bar Association in 2020.

American Bar Association, or ABA, is the largest private organization of American lawyers.

ABA is an authority in formulating guidelines for the practice of law, advising legislation, lobbying for the law as a profession, even evaluating federal judges.

Call Merrill, Arnone & Jones at (707) 528-2882 to learn more or visit American Bar Association.

California Western School of Law

Application Deadline: April 1

Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law

Application Deadline: April 16

Golden Gate University School of Law

Application Deadline: April 15

Loyola Law School

Application Deadline: February 1

Pepperdine University School of Law

Application Deadline: April 15

Santa Clara University School of Law

Application Deadline: February 15

Southwestern Law School

Application Deadline: April 1

Stanford Law School

Application Deadline: February 1

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New L.A. law allows tenants to sue landlords over evictions

By Letitia Denham 2 months ago

Tenants will soon have the right to sue landlords who violate restrictions that Los Angeles has placed on evicting renters during the coronavirus crisis, under a law passed Wednesday by the City Council.

Renters could potentially win penalties of up to $10,000 per violation — or $15,000 per violation if the tenant is disabled or a senior. The effort was about “giving the tenants a big stick,” Councilman Bob Blumenfield said.

After the vote, Council President Nury Martinez said in a statement that although good landlords were working to help tenants stay in their units, “I want the bad operators to know, today, the city of Los Angeles is putting you on notice.”

Landlords are currently barred from evicting tenants who have been affected by the coronavirus, although the council has held off on imposing a blanket ban on evictions sought by tenant activists.

The City Attorney’s Office said in

law | Definition, Systems, Institutions, & Fields

By Letitia Denham 2 months ago

Law, the discipline and profession concerned with the customs, practices, and rules of conduct of a community that are recognized as binding by the community. Enforcement of the body of rules is through a controlling authority.

**Harvard Law School: Dane Hall**Dane Hall, one of the early buildings of Harvard Law School. Illustration made after 1845, when the addition was added.The Harvard Law School, 1817-1917 by the Harvard Law School Association, 1917

Law, Legislation, Document

Britannica Demystified

What Is an Injunction?

What they do, what they’re for, and how you go about getting one.

The law is treated in a number of articles. For a description of legal training and a general background, see legal profession, legal education, and legal ethics. Articles that delineate the relationship of law to political structures are constitution; ideology; political party; and political system. For articles that discuss the importance of law regarding social justice and

California high court hears suit on 2012 pension reform law

By Letitia Denham 2 months ago

The California Supreme Court grappled Tuesday with whether to uphold a state law designed to help reduce a shortfall of hundreds of billions of dollars in state and local pension systems.

During a hearing, the state’s highest court did not clearly indicate which way it would rule. Only four of the court’s seven justices asked questions, and those who did speak challenged both sides in the dispute.

The court is considering a challenge by unions to a 2012 law that forbade the practice of “pension spiking” for all government employees. The practice involves inflating a future pensioner’s pay, usually at the end of their career, by cashing in years of accumulated vacation or sick pay or volunteering for extra duties.

Because pension payments are calculated based on a worker’s highest year of earnings, spiking can produce a more lucrative retirement than what the employee earned on the job. At least

Best Law Firms in Los Angeles, CA

By Letitia Denham 2 months ago

Federal judge blocks California’s ammunition purchase law

By Letitia Denham 3 months ago

A federal judge Thursday blocked a California law requiring background checks for people buying ammunition, issuing a sharply worded rebuke of “onerous and convoluted” regulations that violate the constitutional right to bear arms.

U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez in San Diego ruled in favor of the California Rifle & Pistol Assn., which asked him to stop the checks and related restrictions on ammo sales.

“The experiment has been tried. The casualties have been counted. California’s new ammunition background check law misfires and the Second Amendment rights of California citizens have been gravely injured,” Benitez wrote in a 120-page opinion granting the group’s motion for a preliminary injunction.

Voters approved toughening California’s already strict firearms laws in 2016, and the restrictions took effect last July.

“The law’s red tape and state database errors made it impossible for hundreds of thousands of law-abiding Californians to purchase ammunition for sport or self-defense,” said

Law Schools

By Letitia Denham 3 months ago

Rules and Fees

Law schools in California approved by the ABA

The following schools are accredited by the American Bar Association and by such approval are deemed accredited by the State Bar’s Committee of Bar Examiners.

California Western School of Law 225 Cedar Street San Diego, CA 92101 619-239-0391 www.cwsl.edu	University of California Davis School of Law (King Hall) 400 Mrak Hall Drive Davis, CA 95616 530-752-0243 www.law.ucdavis.edu
Chapman University Fowler School of Law One University Drive Orange, CA 92866 888-242-1913 714-628-2500 www.chapman.edu/law	University of California Irvine School of Law 401 E. Peltason Drive, Suite 1000 Irvine, CA 92697-8000 949-824-0066 www.law.uci.edu
Golden Gate University School of Law 536 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94105 415-442-6600 www.ggu.edu/schools/law	University of California Los Angeles School of Law 1242 Law Building 385 Charles E. Young Drive East Los Angeles, CA 90095 310-825-4841 www.law.ucla.edu
Loyola Law School 919 S. Albany Street Los Angeles, CA 90015

5 things to know as L.A. coronavirus mask order becomes law

By Letitia Denham 3 months ago

If you are going to a grocery store, pharmacy or doing other essential shopping in Los Angeles, you need to be wearing a mask or face covering.

Beginning Friday, a new city order requires both shoppers and workers to wear a face covering.

It’s the latest effort by the city to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. The stay-at-home order has already closed nonessential businesses as well as many beaches, trails and recreation centers.

Here are five things to bear in mind:

1. The idea is to protect both customers and workers

California has been under stay-at-home orders for several weeks, and that limits trips to essential business like food shopping, doctor’s appointments and pharmacy trips.

There has been concern about the potential exposure to coronavirus at retailers such as supermarkets. Many markets have limited how many people can enter and tried to impose social distancing measures in lines.