According to the court:
(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.
The computer program is now serving time in jail for not being able to pay the fines imposed by the courts. OK just kidding, the creator was fined and forbidden from allowing his computer program to offer bankruptcy advice.
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