TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jun 5, 2024

Online legal services site LegalZoom.com Inc. has been hit with a new class action suit claiming it engages in the unauthorized practice of law. The suit was brought on behalf of New Jersey residents who purchased products and services from the company in the past six years. The complaint argues that LegalZoom performs functions that can be defined as the practice of law and because LegalZoom does not fit the statutory definition of a professional service corporation and because its owners include nonlawyers, it is engaging in the unauthorized practice of law. The company has faced such claims before. It previously reached an agreement with the North Carolina Bar Association and settled a suit brought by Missouri consumers. Law.com has more on the suit.