Lawsuit Claims LegalZoom Is Practicing Law Without a License

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Lawsuit Claims LegalZoom Is Practicing Law Without a License

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday June 30, 2011 @03:37AM from the how-quickly-can-a-computer-finish-law-school? dept.

Bob the Super Hamste writes "Fortune has an interesting piece about a federal class action law suit against LegalZoom claiming that its software is illegally practicing law without a license. The law suit seeks to recover money from LegalZoom for every resident in Missouri who has used LegalZoom regardless of how satisfied the users were of the service. Currently Missouri law states that an individual who paid money to a non lawyer for legal services is entitled to sue the provider for 3 times the amount paid."

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What's a bus full of lawyers going off a cliff? by Anonymous Coward · 2011-06-30 03:41 · Score: 5, Funny

What do you call a bus full of lawyers going off a cliff?
A comedy.
What if there's an empty seat?
A tragedy!
1. Re:What's a bus full of lawyers going off a cliff? by plover · 2011-06-30 04:39 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Q: How do you save a lawyer from drowning?
  A: Take your foot off his head.
  Q: What do you have if there's a lawyer buried up to his neck in sand?
  A: Not nearly enough sand.
  
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2. Re:What's a bus full of lawyers going off a cliff? by Nethemas+the+Great · 2011-06-30 05:11 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  It sounds as as if you folks believe lawyers to be unscrupulous individuals whose sole motivation is the extraction of money from others with no regards for propriety.
  
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  Two of my imaginary friends reproduced once ... with negative results.
3. Re:What's a bus full of lawyers going off a cliff? by s73v3r · 2011-06-30 05:50 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  A woman goes to her gynecologist for her regular exam. While there, the doctor asks if she has any questions, or has been experiencing anything unusual.
  "Well doctor, my husband has been asking more and more for anal sex. But I'm just not sure if it's safe."
  The doctor starts telling her that this is perfectly fine, and done correctly, anal sex can be pain free and enjoyable. "Just make sure he uses a condom when you do it, to help prevent pregnancy," he said.
  "Pregnancy?" she asked, confused. "I didn't think you could get pregnant from anal sex."
  "Of course," he stated. "Where do you think lawyers come from?"
Kangaroo court by paiute · 2011-06-30 03:47 · Score: 4, Funny

Unfortunately for the plaintiffs. the State of Missouri just announced that the case will be heard by their new AutoCourt software.

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Re:Who wins.......... by N0Man74 · 2011-06-30 04:10 · Score: 4, Funny

Forget Jeopardy, let's get a computer to pass the bar exam. ;-) As long as we don't program in self-interest too..
"April 19, 2015 ... at 8:11 PM ... Lawnet became self aware, starting a chain of events that led to an intense legal battle between man and machine."
Re:just sour grapes by flaming+error · 2011-06-30 04:20 · Score: 3, Funny

Well put. Now all we need is lawyer...
Re:Life in the post-Watson world. by Anonymous Coward · 2011-06-30 04:48 · Score: 2, Funny

Lesson: Never automate a lawyers or a congressman job. You can automate and outsource the entire rest of the country, but if you even look wrong at those professions you will be sued out of existence.

Dead men don't sue.