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Texas Supreme Court Investigation Could Force Books from LibrariesIn a move that has the potential to force public and university libraries in Texas to remove materials from their shelves, the Texas Supreme Court will hold a hearing later this year to determine if Nolo Press legal self-help books and software violate laws prohibiting the unauthorized practice of law. The court has not specified what the consequences will be if the publisher is found guilty of competing with Texas lawyers under a Depression-era law designed to protect the legal profession. Nolo Press has responded to the court with a letter asking, among other things, that the accuser be identified. A Nolo Press spokesperson pointed out that in every state except Texas, courts that have considered the matter have refused to include published materials in their definition of what it means to practice law and that the court's move has serious implications for medical, tax, and other self-help publications. Posted March 30, 1998. |
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