http://www.slaw.ca/2009/09/23/cba-guidelines-on-using-electronic-marketing/ Canada's online legal magazine Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:30:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.slaw.ca/2009/09/23/cba-guidelines-on-using-electronic-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-707174 John G Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:32:47 +0000 http://www.slaw.ca/?p=12507#comment-707174 There are US cases where a lawyer has been prosecuted for unauthorized practice in a jurisdiction where the lawyer's web site was accessible but where the lawyer was not licenced to practice. <a href="http://bit.ly/3zNlKj" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is an article on "Avoiding the Unauthorized Practice of Law (UPL) in other Jurisdictions with a Virtual Law Office" (this is only part one of the article.) There are US cases where a lawyer has been prosecuted for unauthorized practice in a jurisdiction where the lawyer's web site was accessible but where the lawyer was not licenced to practice. Here is an article on "Avoiding the Unauthorized Practice of Law (UPL) in other Jurisdictions with a Virtual Law Office" (this is only part one of the article.)

]]> http://www.slaw.ca/2009/09/23/cba-guidelines-on-using-electronic-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-707169 Pulat Yunusov Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:27:45 +0000 http://www.slaw.ca/?p=12507#comment-707169 Thank you for posting this. The report also cautions about giving free "legal advice" online. I was wondering if anyone knows of a case where an Internet user sued a lawyer for answering a legal question on a forum, on twitter, or in a blog. Thank you for posting this. The report also cautions about giving free "legal advice" online. I was wondering if anyone knows of a case where an Internet user sued a lawyer for answering a legal question on a forum, on twitter, or in a blog.

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