Online legal document providers would be regulated under a resolution proposed by the New York State Bar Association and the New York County Lawyers Association to the American Bar Association for approval at its Annual Meeting in Chicago this August.
Under the guise of consumer protection, North Carolina has passed new legislation, at the direction of the North Carolina Bar, that imposes restrictions on distributing self-help legal software over the Internet. Rather than protecting consumers, this legislation is a frightened
A Happy and Healthy New Year to everyone.Its 2018, a new year and time for a change.Since about 2000 I have been working on the concept of online legal services and “elawyering”.Since about 2000 I have been working on the
LegalZoom® which started as a legal document web site based on individual transactions is gradually shifting towards a new business model based upon recurring revenue.Under the guidance of Premira, a private equity fund and now the majority shareholder of
Marc Andreessen quipped in 2011: “Software is eating the world”.The legal profession is not immune from this development. Law has a high information component. In a large sense, law is information or as Bill Palin, the young lawyer who won
At a strategic level, organizations need to establish which clients they wish to serve more effectively or which clients do they seek to acquire through a web-based strategy.This requires an understanding of consumer behaviour on the Net and how consumers