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"The unauthorized practice of a profession is prohibited by state laws." "unauthorized practice of a profession" is not the same as offering an occasional comm
by larrys 14y ago
"The unauthorized practice of a profession is prohibited by state laws."
"unauthorized practice of a profession" is not the same as offering an occasional comment on a blog. It's pretending to be a lawyer or acting in a way a lawyer would or charging for it.
For one thing it would be seen as de minimis not to mention the fact that there is no compensation for the service.
Think of it this way. You may need a license to have an office and offer therapy and pass some tests. But do you know of anyone who ever got charged with impersonating a social worker by offering advice for free to a friend?
- jsprinkles 14y agoIt's anecdotal, so it doesn't carry much weight, but I have firsthand experience with comments such as those in that thread carrying legal consequences for people. I'm not legally permitted to discuss it beyond that.
- larrys 14y agoEvery day prosecutors decide what crimes to charge people with (or not) and people decide when they are damaged enough by something to hire a lawyer. And of course there are cases where someone is pissed off and will sue with no merit to get revenge with barely a leg to stand on. "I'm not legally permitted to discuss it beyond that." Sorry this had to happen to you and I see where your caution comes from.
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- johnny22 14y agocan't you find one in which you don't have such first hand experience with?
- jarrett 14y agoLawyers and their clients are probably pretty cautious about discussing such incidents. Imagine you've just had some negative legal repercussions for discussing a case online. If you then wrote a blog post or whatever about that, you'd be doing pretty much the same thing that got you in trouble in the first place. So this is one good reason why it might be hard to find write-ups of cases like this.