A lawsuit against LegalZoom alleging the company was practicing law without a license in Alabama has been dropped. The Glendale-based online legal document service claimed the issue was of access to justice and the dismissal of the suit by E. Allen Dodd Jr. was an important victory. “The decision shows that this attorney’s attempt to block the right of Alabama residents to use legal software and self-help websites should never have begun,” said LegalZoom General Counsel Chas Rampenthal. “After multiple court rejections of his arguments, Mr. Dodd finally understood that his case had no merit and decided to dismiss the lawsuit in its entirety.” Dodd claimed in his lawsuit that LegalZoom was engaged in the unauthorized practice of law in Alabama by offering online self-help legal document services.
