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The use of legal software by non-lawyers and the perils of unauthorized practice of law charges in the United States: A review of Jayson Reynoso decision
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Pranav Ranga
Abstract
This paper basically surveys the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit In re: Jayson Reynoso: Frankfort Digital Services et al., v. Sara L. Kistler, United States Trustee et al. (2007). The appellants, who were non-lawyers, were prosecuted with unauthorized practice of law for offering bankruptcy petition services by means of online legal software or expert systems in law designed for recording bankruptcy petition shapes. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit discovered bury alia that appellants were bankruptcy petition preparers, and not being lawyers, had surpassed their administrative dispatch by offering legal advice and legal services in negation of California law controlling legal practice and 11 U.S.C. Group. 110 of the Bankruptcy Code (2002) while analyzing the legal consequences of the utilization of legal software by non-lawyers in the arrangement of legal archives, the paper basically audits the factual circum-positions of the Reynoso choice with regards to juridical and statutory develops of unauthorized practice of law in the United States. The paper offers the conversation starter whether Reynoso ought to be seen as an erratic choice bound by its impossible to miss facts, or great law for the expansive recommendation that non-lawyers can't utilize legal software in legal archives readiness. The paper additionally noticed the conceivable legal boundaries to an unequivocal prohibition on the plan, deal, circulation, and employments of legal software by non-lawyers. These range from the First Amendment right to free speech, constitutional right to expert se legal portrayal, interstate commerce doctrine, to hostile to trust arrangements of the Sherman Act. An administration of best practices for the utilization of legal software or expert systems in law by non-lawyers is proffered.
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Pages:848-852
How to cite this article:
Pranav Ranga "The use of legal software by non-lawyers and the perils of unauthorized practice of law charges in the United States: A review of Jayson Reynoso decision". International Journal of Academic Research and Development, Vol 3, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 848-852
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