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The outcome of this question depends in part on the outcome of Can we get a blanket disclaimer out of the way?, and I don't know if the latter issue has been completely solved. Nonetheless, I think that this is still an important issue. I see a lot of disclaimers on answers, generally running al...
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> Ideally, the forum itself notifies consumers at the outset that their questions are public (and thus not confidential communications) and that responses to their questions do not create an attorney-client relationship.
> lawyers should preface their answers by disclosing the state(s) in which they are licensed to practice and, to the extent the lawyer’s answer addresses substantive aspects of the law, add a caveat that the answer is based on the law of the lawyer’s state only.
A law.se-specific notification that this Q&A does not create an attorney-client relationship seems prudent.
> Because the Supreme Court found the information posted by Palmer to be of a general nature and not individualized, he did not engage in the unauthorized practice of law. The court, however, was quick to underscore that had Palmer actually given legal advice in response to a specific question posed by a visitor of his site, he would have engaged in practicing law without a license.
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