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Legal advice on the Net? Not in Texas
According to Matt Richtel, of The New York Times, a controversial group of Texas lawyers, deputized by the state to protect citizens against unauthorized legal advice, has lost its battle to ban the sale of the popular self-help legal software package Quicken Family Lawyer '99. But the group may yet face a showdown with Nolo Press, a pioneer publisher of do-it-yourself legal advice that has branched out into software and the Internet.
According to Matt Richtel, of The New York Times, a controversial group of Texas lawyers, deputized by the state to protect citizens against unauthorized legal advice, has lost its battle to ban the sale of the popular self-help legal software package Quicken Family Lawyer '99. But the group may yet face a showdown with Nolo Press, a pioneer publisher of do-it-yourself legal advice that has branched out into software and the Internet. And whatever the outcome, the two sides of the debate -- along with outside legal observers -- say the conflict raises important questions about self-help law in the digital age. -- ZDNN, Staff. Full story.