4813 REVIEW DENIED Because the Immigration Consultants Act (Business and Professions Code sections 22440 et seq.) was intended to protect a vulnerable class of immigrants from the sharp practices of some immigration consultants, the defense of clean hands may not be raised in a suit under it based on the plaintiff immigrant's participation in a transaction prohibited by the Act.CitationMENDOZA v RUESGA (Immigration Consultant) 169 CA4 270 [See: B&PC 22440 etseq; CA Const I, 16; CCP 592; Kendall-Jackson v Superior Court 76 CA4 970, T/AT 1/00; Ticconi v Blue Shield 160 CA4 528, T/AT 4/08; Cortez v Purolator 23 C4 163, T/AT 7/00]
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