Robo Lawyer Startup Dodges Law Firm’s Class Action, For Now

Nov. 18, 2023, 12:33 AM UTC

DoNotPay Inc., an artificial intelligence subscription service that provides a variety of legal services, convinced a federal judge to dismiss an Illinois law firm’s proposed class action alleging false advertising since the service isn’t licensed to practice law.

MillerKing LLC didn’t show that DNP hurt its business or were even the law firm’s direct competitors, the US District Court for the Southern District of Illinois said on Friday. DNP sought to dismiss the suit since MK didn’t allege lost revenue or clients withholding business because of DNP conduct.

“DNP essentially asks MK, in the words of Justice Antonin Scalia, ‘What’s ...

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