A bill was introduced in the North Carolina legislature that would narrow the definition of the “practice of law” to exclude sell-help legal materials, including books, software, and legal information. [ See House Bill 663 ]. The…
This blog is authored by members of the SmartLegalForms team, and edited by Richard S. Granat, CEO/SmartLegalForms. This blog is intended for legal document preparers and legal document technicians and their customers. It will cover…
Recently several Web sites have emerged that enable consumers to bid for legal services. Examples include: ExpertBids and Shpoonkle. (Don’t ask me how to pronounce it). They all work pretty much the same way. You…
AttorneyFee.com – the Kayak of Legal Fees by Richard Granat This is another post, in a series of blog posts, that are designed to help consumers understand how Web sites in the legal industry work…
There are now thousands of legal web sites on the Internet that range from non-lawyer web sites that offer legal information and legal forms to law firm web sites. To help users evaluate the quality…
A congressional agreement for Fiscal Year 2012 funding would provide $348 million to the Legal Services Corporation (LSC). Established by Congress in 1974, LSC is the single largest funder of civil legal assistance in the…
A life estate is property that is owned by an individual only through the duration of his or her lifetime. When the individual dies, the ‘estate’ (or real property) is returned to the original owner…