AI Legal Chatbots and Unauthorized Practice of Law Quiz

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1. What core distinction do most state UPL rules draw for tools like legal chatbots?
   • Free services versus paid services
   • Explaining the law in general versus applying it to a specific person's facts
   • Services delivered by phone versus online
   • Criminal law versus civil law topics
2. What did the Texas legislature do after a 1999 court decision held that Quicken Family Lawyer was UPL?
   • It banned all legal software in the state
   • It required software companies to hire a lawyer for every user
   • It made using legal software a criminal offense
   • It excluded software and websites that clearly state they are not a substitute for a lawyer's advice
3. Why did DoNotPay abandon its 2023 plan to coach a traffic-court defendant through earbuds?
   • State bar officials warned of possible prosecution
   • The judge approved it, but the defendant withdrew
   • The AI failed a live technical test
   • Earbuds were technically incompatible with the courtroom's audio system
4. What was the Federal Trade Commission's 2024 case against DoNotPay mainly about?
   • Unauthorized practice of law in federal court
   • Antitrust violations against law firms
   • Claims about its service that the company had not backed up
   • Failure to pay taxes on subscription revenue
5. Roughly what payment did DoNotPay's settlement with the FTC require?
   • About $19 million
   • About $1.9 million
   • Nothing, only a warning letter
   • About $193,000
6. What does the regulatory sandbox launched by Utah's Supreme Court in 2020 allow?
   • Anyone to represent clients in court without a license
   • Lawyers to skip continuing education requirements
   • Approved nonlawyer and software providers to offer legal services under oversight
   • Chatbots to act as judges in small claims cases
7. Which state began licensing alternative business structures, which can include nonlawyer owners, in 2021?
   • Utah
   • Arizona
   • Texas
   • California
8. Which design choice lets a consumer legal chatbot operate under lawyer supervision?
   • Routing requests that need a judgment call to a licensed attorney, or licensing the tool to law firms and legal aid groups
   • Placing a disclaimer only in the terms of service
   • Answering every question with a confident recommendation
   • Hiding which state's law the answer is based on