>> _4._ Big disclaimer, as we are not lawyers. :-)
>This is of course good...and probably necissary (I have often wondered >if such disclaimers are really needed or just the result of peoples misguided >paranoia) It's not *enough* of a disclaimer. It should go on to include that "this is not legal advise". Offer legal advise, and you're held to the standard of a lawyer. That you did it for free is not any type of defense. While I understand tand applaud the ideas and goals, being a lawyer myself, there's no way I'll touch such a project--it's a liablity problem waiting to happen. Generally, and recognise that this is not legal advise, and that I'm probably not licensed in your jurisdiction anywaay, explaining what the law *is* isn't legal advise, and wouldn't (usually) be actionable if incorrect. Explain how to do a specific thing, and you're a lot closer. Apply it to a particular person's situation, and you're all the way on the hooks--the person you explainded it too, for free, and the DA, for practicing without a license. This is reall a job that needs a lawyer with a *big* E&O (malpractice) policy. Not just for the possibility of mistakes, but because it is expensive to be sued when write. I'm not trying to rain on the parade, but a few years of practice has made me rather cautious . . . rick, esq. -- These opinions will not be those of ISU until it pays my retainer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
