Judge Rules That A Front For A Mexican Cartel Had The Capacity To Protect Its Own Interests

California Corporations Code Section 25118(b) provides an exemption from the state's usury limitations for loans. The exemption is subject to several conditions. One condition is the existence of either a preexisting relationship or a level of...

Ninth Circuit Declines To Aggregate Loans For Usury Exemption

California limits the amount of interest that may be charged on loans and forbearances. While that is the general rule, there are numerous statutory exemptions. One of those exemptions can be found in California Corporations Code § 25118(b) which...

California Court Of Appeal Says Forum Selection Clause Should Not Be Enforced In Usury Case

Does California's usury limitations constitute a "strong public policy"?  Seemingly, that question was decided over a half-century ago by the First District Court of Appeal in Ury v. Jewelers Acceptance Corp., 227 Cal. App. 2d 11, 20, 38 Cal. Rptr....

Court: OTC Company Has The Capacity To Protect Its Own Interests

Notably, California has a constitutional limitation on interest rates (Cal. Const. Art. XV, Section 1).   Section 25118 exempts certain evidences of indebtedness that meet specified conditions.  One of these conditions is that either:

Supreme Court: 1934 Amendment Repeals 1918 Limitation On Compound Interest

The same year that the Great War ended, the voters of California approved an initiative measure governing allowable interest rates. This initiative remains uncodified but West Publisher designates these statutes as Civil Code Sections 1916-1 to...

Can Usury Ever Be Waived?

California courts have defined "usury" as "the exacting, taking or receiving of a greater rate than is allowed by law, for the use or loan of money." Ross v. Wheeler 140 Cal. App. 217, 222 (1934). The California Constitution sets the maximum rate of...

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