[lkbm]

If you are a lawyer, you need to say "this is not legal advice".

IIRC, in the US, if you're a lawyer and someone "reasonably" believes you're giving them actual legal council, regardless of your intent, I'm pretty sure you're culpable (for lack of a better word).

[ufmace]

Far as I can tell, it's not so much that you're actually culpable. But someone can sue you for it, and it won't be immediately thrown out, which means you may need an expensive and time-consuming defense. You'd probably win in the end, but what a pain in the ass.