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You need to consult your own attorney and not rely on what others tell you.
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This is the best advice I have seen!! However, I do believe that people in this business need to be educated on this topic. The fact is, one does not need to be a lawyer to know the law. Believe it or not, law school has taught me that. I think every person in this arena needs to be familar with findlaw.com. While it is true that lawyers and law students are the only ones who have easy access to resources like westlaw and lexis (lay people can get access but it is VERY expensive) - there are a lot of web resources that are free.

If you can read, have decent research skills, you can can find out what the law is. The most valuable tool, a librarian. They are perhaps the most underutilized resource we have and at the same time, the most eager to help people...