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JULY 25, 2017

Glendale-based online legal referral provider LegalZoom says it is legal in New Jersey, despite a recent opinion issued by the New Jersey Supreme Court. A recent report had said that New Jersey had declared LegalZoom off limits to attorneys in the state , along with Avvo and RocketLawyer, over concerns of fee-sharing and referral fees.

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MARCH 1, 2011

and Glendale-based LegalZoom have linked up their efforts in the small business market, the firms said this week, via a strategic alliance. According to the two companies, LegalZoom will provide business customers with access to business consultation services from Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp.

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OCTOBER 23, 2014

Glendale-based online legal documents firm LegalZoom announced Thursday that it has linked up with Sam''s Club , the membership warehouse club owned by Walmart, to offer up its services to small businesses. The deal was announced as part of an expansion of services at Sam''s Club for the small business market. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 3, 2019

Los Angeles-based legal filings and services site LegalZoom has settled a trademark and antitrust suit filed against the company by competitor LegalForce RAPC Worldwide , the operator of a trademark and patent filing service, Trademarkia.com , according to a legal filing from the two companies this week, according to reports.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Glendale-based LegalZoom , the provider of legal documents and services for small businesses and families, has named a new CEO, saying on Tuesday afternoon that it has named Daniel Wernikoff as its new Chief Executive Officer. LegalZoom said that Wernikoff also oversaw such products as QuickBooks and TurboTax Live.

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MAY 19, 2013

Consider the case of LegalZoom, one of our cities great startups. LegalZoom moved from Hollywood to Glendale. But more damning is that LegalZoom decided to open its next big center of innovation in Austin, Texas, along with 600 new jobs and a $21 million office purchase according to this article. The result? Thousands of jobs.

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Glendale-based LegalZoom has partnered with the University of Southern California (USC), to fund a scholarship and a new lab, the company said this week.

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MAY 1, 2019

Brian Liu , the co-founder and CEO of a new startup, BizCounsel , was the co-founder of LegalZoom, and thinks there can be a new way that every business owner can get access to dedicated business attorneys for legal work. Brian Liu: We're launching a new business, BizCounsel, which looks a lot like the big brother for LegalZoom.

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JANUARY 7, 2015

Glendale-based LegalZoom said today that it is expanding in the United Kingdom, after being approved as an Alternative Business Structure (ABS) in that country--the first step in allowing the company to provide legal services in the UK. international structure business alternative legalzoom' READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 24, 2015

Glendale-based online legal documents and help site LegalZoom has racked up 200,000 legal consultations, as part of its expansion into connecting consumers with attorneys, the company announced this morning. LegalZoom offers up referrals to attorneys through its LegalZoom Business and Personal Legal Plans product. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 7, 2015

Glendale-based legal information and filings service LegalZoom is planning a launch into the United Kingdom, saying today that it has acquired UK law firm Beaumont Legal. Legalzoom said its UK arm, LegalZoom Legal Services Ltd., READ MORE>>.

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JULY 31, 2018

Glendale-based LegalZoom , which provides legal services and documents for the small business and family market, announced on Tuesday that it has sold a $500M secondary stake in the company to a set of private equity investors. The secondary stock sale reportedly values LegalZoom at more than $2 billion. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

A new, Los Angeles startup, myRight , is hoping to help users with some basic legal questions, through a new service geared around asking users questions-and-answers about their legal questions. Have a legal question? READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Santa Monica-based Docstoc , the online small business documents sharing and download site headed by Jason Nazar, said Tuesday that it has now hit more than 80,000 paying subscribers to the service, and over 20 million members.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Santa Ana-based RealPractice , the developer of technology and marketing services for law firms that is headed by Carey Ransom, said this week that it has launched new website building and lead management tools for its customers. RealPractice's new version was launched in beta in November. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 12, 2012

New York-based online subscription flower delivery service H.Bloom , whose backers include Los Angeles entrepreneur Brian Lee , who founded ShoeDazzle and LegalZoom, has scored another round of funding, the firm said Thursday.

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JULY 26, 2012

Los Angeles-based Teeology , the latest startup backed by tech entrepreneur Brian Lee (ShoeDazzle, LegalZoom), has started signing up users today, telling people via email and Twitter that they can now sign up for the service.

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JUNE 25, 2013

A move by the City of Los Angeles to shut down ridesharing and transportation services Uber , Lyft , and Sidecar has spurred some consumer backlash, with a new campaign on Change.org to get LA to repeal the cease and desist order from its tax administration bureau.

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APRIL 3, 2013

EAT Club said it raised $5M in a Series A funding this morning, from August Capital, First Round Capital, Great Oaks Capital, as well as LaunchCapital, Tekton Ventures, Siemer Ventures, Brian Lee (of ShoeDazzle and LegalZoom), Niren Hiro (AdMob), Aki Sano (Cookpad), Michael Kinsbergen (Nedstat), and Mark Vadon (Blue Nile, Zulily).

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JULY 17, 2013

Los Angeles has always been a major market for launching products, and in the era of e-commerce has become highly attractive for its large consumer population, a technology-savvy population, and affinity for new products and services. They both want amazing, living art, but they also expect world class service.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

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. I first met Ethan in 2005. The company was called Red Beacon.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Santa Ana-based RealPractice , which develops legal technology products and related services, said today that it has launched a new, software-as-a-service platform aimed at solo attorneys. The firm has said that it is hoping to become the LegalZoom equivalent for small solo practices. READ MORE>>.

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Lee is a serial entrepreneur, having also founded such companies as LegalZoom and ShoeDazzle. The app also ties into The Honest Company's subsciprtion service, letting members manage their accounts, orders, and subscriptions.

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JUNE 26, 2014

Venice, California-based online flower delivery service TheBouqs said this morning that it has raised $6M in a Series A financing, to go towards expansion of its team, delivery outside the US, and scaling of its technology and infrastructure. READ MORE>>. mobile online delivery floral flower capital venture thebouqs'

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MARCH 29, 2012

Santa Monica-based ShoeDazzle , the online, subscription commerce startup founded by LegalZoom's Brian Lee, Kim Kardashian, RObert Shapiro, and MJ Eng, is making a major expansion today, saying that it is launching a new apparel collection to its offerings.

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JULY 26, 2017

in a funding round, to go towards the startup's online dispute resolution services. The funding came on top of an earlier, $285,000 in seed funding the company received from Brian Liu (co-founder of legalzoom), Mark Goldstein, and Mark Goines (NOLO, Intuit Turbotax). Los Angeles-based FairClaims has raised $1.8M

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JUNE 14, 2012

The entire process of awarding the Wi-Fi contract had completely bypassed Los Angeles-based Boingo Wireless , a major provider of airport Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi hotspot services. Boingo has contracts to run Wi-Fi for such major airports as Denver International Airport, and provides its Wi-Fi services in dozens of airports around the world.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

We thought it would be worth hearing about where the firm is today, as well as Carey's strategy to create something similar to LegalZoom, but for attorneys. I see us compared with a LegalZoom, which has done phenomenally well. Folks like LegalZoom have taken commoditized documents, for things which don't necessary need an attorney.

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JULY 17, 2013

H.Bloom , the luxury, subscription floral and gift delivery service backed by Shoedazzle''s Brian Lee, is expanding into Los Angeles today, saying that it will begin offering its services starting today. The company''s most notable investor is Brian Lee, the founder of ShoeDazzle and LegalZoom. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

offer is good only for members of the new, subscription SuperFinds service, which was announced in August. FamilyFinds is shifting its model away from limited time, daily deals, to one of offering up a $1 a month subscription service with ongoing deals. is the new venture with Jessica Alba and Brian Lee of ShoeDazzle and LegalZoom.

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APRIL 13, 2015

According to Dubb, its new, mobile marketplace is aimed at both professional and semi-professionals, and helps creative professionals post listing of their services, and helps buyers browse and search for those services, handling everything from instant chat and payment. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

MuckerLab , headed by Erik Rannala, William Hsu, Greg Bettinelli and Yan-David Erlich, said it will employ a similar model to TechStars and Y-Combinator, recruiting Internet softwar,e services, and media entrepreneurs through a three month program.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2015

MacDOnennl was the VP of Marketing at LegalZoom for 10 years. Los Angeles-based ScoreBig , which helps connect consumers with live entertainment tickets and venues, said this morning that it has named Scott MacDonell as the company's new Senior Vice President of Marketing.

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JANUARY 2, 2014

How has the attorney response been to your service? That''s why people turn to Legalzoom and Docstoc, and use those free documents because they just don''t want to deal with lawyers. We''re a free service for clients, and don''t charge them. Michael Chasin: We''ve gotten a multitude of different responses.

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APRIL 11, 2021

Finding a lawyer early is easy these days, through local networking or even online services like LegalZoom. Overall, the biggest legal mistake that a startup can make is to assume that any legal problems can be resolved later. Marty Zwilling.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

So much so that when a friend of my family was looking for an internship at a local Boston company I contacted my friend Jeff Bussgang at Flybridge who hooked him up with interviews and he stayed in Boston rather than working in financial services in NYC for the summer. There’s a much higher probability this kid will stay in Boston now.

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JULY 29, 2010

we thanked our sponsor, LegalZoom , for providing trademark services cheaply >> 4. . << we then discussed the need to do trademarks on your company and your key brand names. We told the horror story of the company that originally owned the URL groupon.com and lost it due to not having a trademark.

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