Expert System Found Guilty Of Practicing Law

Wired has a post on how an Expert System has been ruled to effectively be practising law without a licence. From the article:

(The) system touted its offering of legal advice and projected an aura of expertise concerning bankruptcy petitions; and, in that context, it offered personalized -- albeit automated -- counsel. ... We find that because this was the conduct of a non-attorney, it constituted the unauthorized practice of law.

via: Technovelegy