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Sep. 30, 2016
Opinion casts cloud over State Bar's $1.6M transfer
Assemblyman calls on bar to rectify transfer after new Legislative Counsel opinion.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The State Bar cannot "under any circumstances" legally transfer funds from its Lawyer Assistance Program to its Client Security Fund, according to a recent opinion from the Legislative Counsel's office in Sacramento.
The opinion casts a further cloud over the bar's transfer of $1.6 million from the LAP's reserves to the Client Security Fund earlier this year, a move some legislative staff previou...
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