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PayPal founder invests in internet start-up aimed at helping lawyers and clients collaborate
Monday, 30 September 2013The co-founder of PayPal has invested in a start-up that aims to help clients find lawyers and then collaborate with them through an online platform – and is targeting the UK in the next few months – Legal Futures can reveal.
Tags: Online Legal Services
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor, Technology
Lawyers “need to unbundle services” to compete with online providers
Tuesday, 19 February 2013Lawyers should offer ‘unbundled’ legal services to the public in order to improve access to the law – and also to compete with online document assembly services like Rocket Lawyer and LegalZoom, the American Bar Association has said.
Tags: Online Legal Services
Posted in Competence, Latest news, Marketing & PR
Simplify the Law owner unveils cash injection from external investor
Wednesday, 30 January 2013Evident Legal, the law firm franchise turned online legal service Simplify the Law, has secured a cash injection from a venture capitalist to help it grow. The investor, ARC InterCapital, was set up by former Goldman Sachs vice-president Andrew Dixon.
Tags: Online Legal Services
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor, Technology
Exclusive: Google-backed crowdsourced legal advice service heads to the UK
Tuesday, 15 January 2013An innovative US website that crowdsources advice to legal questions for free is on its way to the UK after it was acquired by online document service Rocket Lawyer, Legal Futures can reveal. LawPivot provides answers to any legal question from a network of more than 2,000 lawyers.
Tags: Online Legal Services
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor, Technology
Rocket Lawyer to open up website to all lawyers
Friday, 30 November 2012All lawyers will be able to have their profiles on the Rocket Lawyer website for free from early next year, Legal Futures can reveal. Founder Charley Moore said the company’s mission is to make law more “affordable and simple” for UK businesses and consumers.
Tags: Online Legal Services
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor
Rocket Lawyer takes off with subscriptions starting at £40
Wednesday, 28 November 2012US online legal document service Rocket Lawyer formally launches in the UK today, selling consumers and businesses annual packages starting at £40. Some 20 law firms have signed up to its ‘On Call’ panel, offering a 33% discount on their fees to users.
Tags: Online Legal Services
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor
LexisNexis named “Supplier of the Year” at the British Legal Awards
Monday, 26 November 2012LexisNexis UK today announced that it has been named Supplier of the Year at the British Legal Awards 2012. The awards recognise excellence, success and advances within the legal world, and are judged by a panel of independent experts from the profession including former senior partners, in-house counsel, journalists and academics.
Tags: Online Legal Services
Posted in associate news
Younger consumers attracted by idea of legal services from a supermarket
Monday, 26 November 2012Nearly seven out of ten people are attracted to the idea of finding legal services on the internet and a similar number of younger adults are likely to go to supermarket providers, according to a survey.
Tags: Online Legal Services
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor, Technology
OFT targets legal websites in push to improve standards among price comparison services
Monday, 26 November 2012The Office of Fair Trading has written to five legal price comparison websites to urge them to ensure they are providing clear information to consumers, after a review suggested that some sites could do more to improve trust amongst the public.
Tags: Online Legal Services
Posted in Consumer panel, Latest news, Technology
LegalZoom and Rocket Lawyer go head to head again – in the courts
Thursday, 22 November 2012America’s two big online legal document brands, both of which are about to launch in the UK, are set to clash in court after LegalZoom launched proceedings against Rocket Lawyer over claims in its marketing that various services are free.
Tags: Online Legal Services
Posted in Latest news, Technology
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Five key issues to consider when adopting an AI-based legal tech
As generative AI starts to play a bigger role in our working lives, there are some key issues that your law firm needs to consider when adopting an AI-based legal tech.
Bulk litigation – not always working in consumers interests
For consumers to get the benefit, bulk litigation needs to be done well, and we are increasingly concerned that there are significant problems in some areas of this market.
ABSs, cost and audits – fixing regulation after Axiom Ince
A feature of law firm collapses and frauds has sometimes been the over-concentration of power in outdated and overburdened systems of control.
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