“If you are an attorney participating in any aspect of this Web Site, including but not limited to Interactive Areas, a) you agree not to provide specific legal advice in any of your Postings and to draft Postings which are appropriate, educational, and in accordance with attorney ethics requirements”
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The prohibition on specific legal advice in postings limits the practical utility of attorney contributions and creates a compliance obligation that, if violated, could expose the posting attorney to liability.
Interpretive note: The clause contains two additional independent obligations — that postings be appropriate and educational, and that they comply with attorney ethics requirements — which were omitted from the canonical claim to preserve the single-proposition rule.
Readers cannot expect to receive specific legal advice through postings, and attorneys who post must ensure their content does not cross into specific legal advice.
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"If you are an attorney participating in any aspect of this Web Site, including but not limited to Interactive Areas, a) you agree not to provide specific legal advice in any of your Postings and to draft Postings which are appropriate, educational, and in accordance with attorney ethics requirementsExcerpt from LexisNexis's Terms
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The prohibition on specific legal advice in postings limits the practical utility of attorney contributions and creates a compliance obligation that, if violated, could expose the posting attorney to liability.
Readers cannot expect to receive specific legal advice through postings, and attorneys who post must ensure their content does not cross into specific legal advice.
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