After an hour of intense debate on Thursday morning, lawmakers in the Georgia House of Representatives decided to postpone their vote on a bill that would protect legal self-help companies from claims they are engaging in the unlicensed practice of law.
More than a half dozen lawyer-legislators in the House spoke for or against Senate Bill 209, which states that creating and providing legal materials online or in print shall not constitute the unlicensed practice of law “if such products clearly and conspicuously state that they are not a substitute for the advice of an attorney.”
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