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I too am a lawyer and while I agree that disclaimers have legal effect, I disagree that including a disclaimer necessarily relieves one of liability. In my juri

I too am a lawyer and while I agree that disclaimers have legal effect, I disagree that including a disclaimer necessarily relieves one of liability. In my jurisdiction, what is more critical is whether the recipient of the information believes it to be legal advice and whether the giver of information should realize the recipient may so believe.

rprasad 14y ago
Same in Ohio and Cali; that is why the disclaimer must explicitly state that legal advice is not being provided. The key is that it must be reasonable for the recipient to believe that they are receiving legal advice. If they are explicitly told that they are not receiving legal advice, they cannot reasonably rely on what they are told.