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Florida Board of Governor's Opposes Legal Reform
The Florida Bar recommended to the Supreme Court to reject reform proposals to test allowing nonlawyer ownership in law firms, fee splitting with nonlawyers, and broadly expanding the work paralegals.
In a letter to Chief Justice Charles Canady responding to the controversial report of the Supreme Court’s Special Committee to Improve the Delivery of Legal
The Future of Virtual Law Practice
The idea of “virtual law practice” is more relevant than ever in the age of the Coronavirus.”
Virtual law practice could become the new normal.
What is a “Virtual Law Practice”?
The idea of virtual lawyering can be traced to the early days of the Internet new law firm Web sites such as http://www.visalaw.com and
California Task Force Proposes to Regulate Legal Software Publishers
The State Bar of California’s Task Force on Access Through Innovation of Legal Services is now proposing to regulate legal software publishers. The specific proposed recommendations that would affect legal software publishers include:
Recommendation 2.3: State-certified/registered/approved entities using technology-driven legal services delivery systems should not be limited or restrained by any concept or definition of
The Florida Bar Proposes A Registration Scheme for Legal Self-Help Software Publishers
The Florida Bar is considering a new Chapter 23 to Register Online Service Providers. This proposal creates a framework voluntary registration of online service providers with the Florida Bar. The goal of the new rules is to provide greater access to legal services, the legal system, while at the same time providing public protection
The Legal Document Preparation Industry
The legal document preparation industry has been around since the early 1990’s and has remained essentially the same, except a significant portion has moved online. It is a fast growing industry.
What is the “legal document preparation industry”? The industry is composed of non-lawyers who assist consumers and small
A Digital Flywheel for Solos and Small Law Firms: A Cautionary Tale
In 2009, I started a company called DirectLaw.com, that provided client-centered technologies to solos and small law firms.
Full Disclosure: the company still exists today but I sold my interest in 2017.
At about the same time other other cloud-based practice management companies started up, such as Clio, RocketMatter, and MyCase that
Call for an Association for the Advancement of Legal Product
By a “legal product” we mean an online consumer-facing digital application (software), for sale or free, that substitutes for the work of an attorney. A legal product offers a legal solution to a legal problem through software and automated processes. A key difference between a product and a service is that a product can be
Referee Rules Against Florida Bar in UPL Action Against TIKD Services
TIKD is a start-up based in Coral Gables, Florida created by Christopher Riley, not a member of the Florida Bar, which provides a technology platform and financial guarantee for drivers who have received a traffic ticket. The Service is offered in four Florida counties and in four other states.
The Florida Bar sued TIKD to
Tennessee Plans to Regulate Online Legal Software Publishers
How is it that a publisher that sells or distributes online legal software for consumers is now considered the “practice of law” in the State of Tennessee? Under a new regulatory scheme to be adopted by the Tennessee legislature, the publisher of a website that offers interactive legal forms to consumers will be considered the