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California Business And Professions Code Section 6147.5

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(a) Sections 6147 and 6148 shall not apply to contingency
fee contracts for the recovery of claims between merchants as defined
in Section 2104 of the Commercial Code, arising from the sale or
lease of goods or services rendered, or money loaned for use, in the
conduct of a business or profession if the merchant contracting for
legal services employs 10 or more individuals.
   (b) (1) In the instances in which no written contract for legal
services exists as permitted by subdivision (a), an attorney shall
not contract for or collect a contingency fee in excess of the
following limits:
   (A) Twenty percent of the first three hundred dollars ($300)
collected.
   (B) Eighteen percent of the next one thousand seven hundred
dollars ($1,700) collected.
   (C) Thirteen percent of sums collected in excess of two thousand
dollars ($2,000).
   (2) However, the following minimum charges may be charged and
collected:
   (A) Twenty-five dollars ($25) in collections of seventy-five
dollars ($75) to one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125).
   (B) Thirty-three and one-third percent of collections less than
seventy-five dollars ($75).

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