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LegalZoom Sues RocketLawyer

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Glendale-based LegalZoom , the online service which provides legal documents to consumers and small businesses, said late Tuesday that it has filed a lawsuit against competitor RocketLawyer. LegalZoom said that the suit alleges false and misleading advertising by RocketLawyer, trademark infringement, and unfair competition.

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LA tech industry mourns Kobe Bryant

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The pair made a mix of early- and late-stage investments in Los Angeles-based companies like LegalZoom, Scopely, Art of Sport, The Honest Company, RingDNA, FocusMotion, DyshApp and Represent. Bryant launched his venture career with partner and serial entrepreneur Jeff Stibel back in 2013, according to Crunchbase.

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Teeology.com Set For Launch

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Brian Lee is best known for Legalzoom and ShoeDazzle. crowdsourcing (think Threadless.com), competition (think American Idol), social networking (think Pinterest), and celebrity (think Shoedazzle.com)."

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Consumers Protest LA's Attempt To Shutdown Uber, Lyft, Sidecar

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There also was a huge flap several years ago over attempts to seize taxes from local Internet companies by reclassifying them--a move which resulted in LegalZoom shifting its operations to more tax-friendly Glendale, and expanding in Texas rather than Los Angeles.

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Internet Brands Brisco: Deal Will Allow More Focus On Long Term Growth

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Firms rumored to be somewhere among along the IPO process include Los Angeles-based Hulu , solar energy firm eSolar (also backed by Idealab), Irvine-based Fisker Automotive , and Los Angeles-based LegalZoom.

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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

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I am taking the lead from GRP and we also invested alongside a number of friends including Dave McClure, Dave Tisch, Ben Smith (Merchant Circle), Brian Lee (ShoeDazzle, LegalZoom), Jason Calacanis, Evan Rifkin, Jennifer Lum, Jay Weintraub and a whole host of other angels. In the same year they won Business Insider’s Startup competition.

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LawKick: A Modern Way To Find Legal Help

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We''re talking about an industry which is very competitive, first, and two, one that people overwhelmingly try to avoid. That''s why people turn to Legalzoom and Docstoc, and use those free documents because they just don''t want to deal with lawyers. If you think about finding legal help, it''s not like you''re buying a t-shirt.

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