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The suit, which said an error on a work order had violated a state regulation, came from the Trevor Law Group, a three-member firm in Beverly Hills that has sued thousands of small businesses under a broad California law, Section 17200 of the Business and Professions Code, that permits anyone to file a lawsuit on behalf of the public, but allows only for restitution, not damages.
Public interest is highly important to the accounting profession because, according to the professions code of ethics, "a label of the accountancy profession is its acceptance of the responsibility to act in the public interest"(IFAC, 2011), but there is not a common consensus on what exactly is in the public interest.
The California Business and Professions Code authorizes the State Bar to punish attorneys convicted of crimes that are "substantially related" to their duties and qualifications.
On Monday, the San Francisco city attorney weighed in, filing a new lawsuit that alleges CEC's practices violate the California business and professions code and amount to extortion and false imprisonment.
The Harris suit calls on the Court to assess $2,500 against each defendant for each violation of "Business and Professions Code section 17200," and an additional $2,500 penalty for each violation perpetrated against a senior citizen or disabled person.
"The systematic torture and reckless neglect of baby birds at Cal-Cruz is not only shocking -- it is also illegal under the California Business and Professions Code," said Carter Dillard, litigation director for Animal Legal Defense Fund, which filed the lawsuit.
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