Friday, June 5, 2015

WSJ Law Blog: LegalZoom Accuses State Bar of Illegally Squelching Competition

http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2015/06/04/legalzoom-accuses-state-bar-of-illegally-squelching-competition/

LegalZoom Accuses State Bar of Illegally Squelching Competition

JACOB GERSHMAN

Jun 4, 2015 11:45 am ET

The long-running feud between LegalZoom.com Inc. and the North Carolina State Bar has escalated.

In the latest development, the discount legal services company filed an antitrust lawsuit against the bar, accusing the state agency of “unlawful monopolization” in violation of the Sherman Act, the primary U.S. antitrust ......

http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2015/06/04/legalzoom-accuses-state-bar-of-illegally-squelching-competition/

ABA Journal: LegalZoom files $10.5M antitrust suit against North Carolina bar, cites SCOTUS dental case

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/legalzoom_files_10.5m_antitrust_suit_against_north_carolina_bar_cites_scotu

LegalZoom files $10.5M antitrust suit against North Carolina bar, cites SCOTUS dental case

POSTED JUN 05, 2015 07:11 AM CDT

BY DEBRA CASSENS WEISS

LegalZoom is citing a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on teeth whitening in a $10.5 million antitrust suit against the North Carolina State Bar.

The suit (PDF), filed on June 3 in federal court in North Carolina, claims the bar is unreasonably barring LegalZoom from offering a prepaid legal services plan in the state, according to the Wall Street Journal Law Blog, the Los Angeles Business Journal and a press release.

According to the suit, the state .....