California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 8.5 - Fee Agreements

• Section 6146.
  (a) An attorney shall not contract for or collect a contingency fee for representing any person seeking damages in connection with an action for injury or...
• Section 6147.
  (a) An attorney who contracts to represent a client on a contingency fee basis shall, at the time the contract is entered into, provide a duplicate...
• Section 6147.5.
  (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...
• Section 6148.
  (a) In any case not coming within Section 6147 in which it is reasonably foreseeable that total expense to a client, including attorney fees, will exceed...
• Section 6149.
  A written fee contract shall be deemed to be a confidential communication within the meaning of subdivision (e) of Section 6068 and of Section 952...
• Section 6149.5.
  (a) Upon the payment of one hundred dollars ($100) or more in settlement of any third-party liability claim the insurer shall provide written notice to the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018