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Re: Commercial Development
On Feb 19, 2002, Gustavo Niemeyer <niemeyer@conectiva.com> wrote:
> [...]
>> > It is frequently claimed that it is illegal for non-lawyers to give legal
>> > advice in the US. This is false.
>>
>> Actually, it's not false at all.
>> It's illegal individually in all states.
>> For instance, in texas, you have the "Unauthorized practices of law
>> committee", created by the texas legislature, and overseen by the texas
>> supreme court.
>>
>> In addition, their is a federal law that makes it illegal for a non-lawyer
>> to give legal advice across state lines.
>>
>> Thus, since we have complete coverage, it's illegal, in the US, for
>> non-lawyers to give legal advice.
> It means you're in trouble, because you're giving us legal advice.
Except that Dan is taking law classes. Hmm... Does the law exempt
lawyers-to-be from this restriction?
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