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4 entriesSection 6159.5Establishes legislative findings that nonprofit legal aid programs provide free services to poor people, while for-profit nonlawyer organizations have used “legal aid”…Section 6159.51Defines “legal aid organization” for the article as a nonprofit organization that provides civil legal services to poor persons without charge. The…Section 6159.52Prohibits any person or organization from using “legal aid,” “legal aide,” or a confusingly similar name in business names, designations, advertisements, letterhead,…Section 6159.53Allows a consumer injured by the specified legal-aid naming violation to sue for injunction, restitution, and damages in qualifying counties, and allows…