By Joan Rogers, Bloomberg BNA
New North Carolina legislation clarifies that automated legal document preparation isn’t the unauthorized practice of law — if the provider satisfies conditions spelled out in the statute.
The new statute requires companies to register every year and meet seven listed consumer protections if they want to offer their services to customers in the Tarheel State.
The legislation capped a 2015 settlement that ended years of litigation between the North Carolina state bar and LegalZoom over whether the company’s online document services amount to the unauthorized practice of law, or “UPL.”
As part of the settlement ...
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